Long before we became aware of conserving the environment, Johann Sebastian Bach was hard at work conserving his own output: his musical ideas. On today's show, we'll hear Bach's music as he reworked and finessed his favorite melodies in a variety of performances.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4 - IV. Allegro
Tokyo String Quartet
Beethoven: The Early String Quartets / Tokyo String Quartet
RCA 61284
Salamone Rossi: Sonata No. 4 sopra l'aria dei Ruggiero
Arnaud Sussmann & Erin Keefe, violins; Laurence Lesser, cello; Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord
Music@Menlo Festival, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA
Frederic Chopin: Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 7
Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano
Lincoln Theater, Miami Beach, Florida
Alexander Scriabin: Etude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12
Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano
Lincoln Theater, Miami Beach, Florida
Miami International Piano Festival - Alexander Gavrylyuk
VAI 1256
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 - III. Scherzo: Bewegt; IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Peter Oundjian, conductor
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
TSO 608
Hour 2
Peter Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty - Waltz
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet, Etc
Teldec 94571
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in g minor, BWV 1056b
Elmar Oliveira, violin and conductor; Arco Ensemble
Eugene Shelley Enlow Recital Hall, Kean University, Union, NJ
Live in Concert Bach Violin Concerti
Artek 0054
Dmitri Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D Major, Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in A Major
Alexander Melnikov, piano
Shostakovich: The Preludes & Fugues
HMC 902019.20
Gustav Mahler: Blumine (Bouquet of Flowers), Symphonic Movement
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in d minor, BWV 1043
Elmar Oliveira, violin and conductor; Eva Gruesser, violin; Arco Ensemble
Eugene Shelley Enlow Recital Hall, Kean University, Union, NJ
Live in Concert Bach Violin Concerti
Artek 0054
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