In 1916, critics complained that 26-year-old Sergei Prokofiev's music was too modern, too hard on the ears, and lacking a sense of history. So that summer Prokofiev left for vacation with a plan. On today's show, we'll hear Prokofiev's classically-inspired rebuttal, his Symphony No. 1, from a concert performance by the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, with Markand Thakar conducting.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4 Movement 4 Allegro
Orion String Quartet
Orion String Quartet: Beethoven String Quartets
Koch 7682
Bernard Herrmann: Vertigo Suite
Houston Symphony; Fabien Gabel, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX
Kevin McKee: Vuelta del Fuego
Micah Wilkinson, trumpet; Stephen Cook, trumpet; Justin Benavidez, tuba; Eric Reed, horn; John Kitzman, trombone
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Giuseppe Verdi: Quartet in E Minor for Strings
Orion String Quartet
Franklin College CMS / CMS of Lincoln Center, Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Hour 2
Osvaldo Golijov: Levante
Serouj Kradjian, piano
Levante
Atma 2655
Osvaldo Golijov: Mariel for Cello and Marimba
Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Ian David Rosenbaum, marimba
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra; Markand Thakar, conductor
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Towson, MD
Robert Schumann: Marchenerzahlungen for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op. 132
David Shifrin, clarinet; Paul Neubauer, viola; Gloria Chien, piano
String Theory at the Hunter, The Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
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