English composer Benjamin Britten was one of the great child prodigies in the history of music. And although he wrote his Simple Symphony as a grown-up, it's based on music he had written as a boy. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear Britten's Simple Symphony in concert from Florida.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Liszt: Venezia e Napoli
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Tatiana Mikova: Spanish Serenade
The Czech Nonet; Vladimira Klanska, conductor
Arco Diva studio in Domovina, Prague
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, From the New World: Movements 3, 4
New York Philharmonic; Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, New York City, NY
Hour 2
Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony for String Orchestra No. 4
Sphinx Virtuosi
St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
Leos Janacek: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Miriam Fried, violin; Jonathan Biss, piano
92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Viet Cuong: Moth
Brooklyn Wind Symphony; Jeff W. Ball, conductor
The Midwest Clinic, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.
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