Beethoven had a productive life as a composer, but he only ever finished one opera. Beethoven couldn't decide on the best music to introduce that opera — in fact, he wrote four different overtures. On today's show, hear one of Beethoven's attempted overtures performed by ROCO, with Michael Stern conducting.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joseph Boulogne: Sonata 2: Andantino
Laurel Zucker, flute | John Cozza, piano
Album: Flute and Piano Music By Composers of African Descent. Vol. 2
Cantilena Records
Joseph Bologne: Violin Concerto No. 2 Op. 8: Movements 1-2
Randall Goosby, violin | The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra | JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo NY
Piano Puzzler
Contestant: Ethan Woyach from Oak Park, IL
Michael Brown: Reflections (2016) for Piano Trio
Michael Brown, piano | Elena Urioste, violin | Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, West Palm Beach, FL
Hour 2
Michael Torke: Spoon Bread Movement 3
Tessa Lark, violin | Roman Rabinovich, piano
Album: Spoon Bread: Michael Torke
Ecstatic 2018
Clara Schumann, arr. Tim Bradley: Two pieces from Soires Musicales, Op. 6
Copper Street Brass
Sundin Music Hall, St. Paul, MN
Antonin Dvorak: Miniatures for Two violins and viola
Jun Iwasaki, violin | Tessa Lark, violin | Cynthia Phelps, viola
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasie No. 7 in E-flat major for solo violin
Tessa Lark, violin
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Leonore No. 3
ROCO | Michael Stern, conductor
ROCO, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
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