On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear music that Sergei Prokofiev wrote for the satirical film "Lieutenant Kije," which depicts the noble life and tragic death of a soldier who was never born in the first place.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Niccolo Paganini: Sei Sonata No. 6, M.S. 27, Op. 3
Gil Shaham, violin; Goran Sollscher, guitar
Works for Violin and Guitar
DG 437837
Antonin Dvorak: Bagatelles, Op. 47
Harumi Rhodes, violin; Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Pedja Muzijevic, harmonium
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
John Adams: China Gates
Orli Shaham, piano
SubCulture, New York, NY
Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
New York Philharmonic; David Robertson, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Hour 2
Sergei Prokofiev: Waltz Suite Op. 110: 4. End of the Fairy Tale
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Prokofiev
Chandos 8450
Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Herkulessaal, Munich, Germany
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": 1. Poco Adagio. Allegro
Orion String Quartet
Impromptu, WFMT, Chicago IL
Sergei Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jacques Lacombe
Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
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