Stravinsky once said that "writing about music is like dancing about architecture." Today we'll turn that around and have music about writing. Today's second hour features some musical works that are based on poetry, and others that are musical poems themselves. Plus, one of the orchestras on the show was just named the best in the world. Tune in to find out who the winner was.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joseph Haydn
: Finale from Symphony No. 49 in C, Hob. I:48 ("Maria Theresia")
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Ralph Vaughan Williams
: Prelude from Phantasy Quintet for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello
The Orion String Quartet and violist Paul Neubauer
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York City
Johannes Brahms
: Intermezzo in E-flat, Op. 117, No. 1
Pianist Radu Lupu
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Reinhold Gliere
: Impromptu, Op. 35, No. 9
Bassoonist Daniel Matsukawa and pianist Christoph Eschenbach
Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia
Johann Sebastian Bach
: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A, BWV 1015
Violinist Joseph Lin and pianist Orion Weiss
Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Seattle
Joseph Haydn
: Symphony No. 59 ("Fire")
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Hour 2
Camille Saint-Saens
: Prelude from "The Deluge"
Violinist Augustin Dumay with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Manuel Rosenthal
Reynaldo Hahn
: "Paulus Potter" from "Four Portraits of Painters after Poems by Marcel Proust"
Pianist Jeffrey Swann
International Keyboard Institute and Festival, New York City
Edvard Grieg
: "Poeme Erotique"
Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han
Union College, Schenectady, New York
Antonin Dvorak
: "The Golden Spinning Wheel"
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Daniel Harding
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Alexander Scriabin
: Poemes Op. 69, No. 1 and No. 2
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
Alexander Borodin
: "In the Steppes of Central Asia"
The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Emmanuel Krivine
Rainier III Auditorium, Monaco
