Performance Today®

First Impressions

Anyone who's just starting a new job wants to make a big splash, hit the ground running, impress the boss and the new colleagues. Joseph Haydn was no different. He was 29 and just starting his job working for Prince Esterhazy. Haydn was pretty savvy. To start things off right with the Prince's musicians, Haydn wrote a symphony where everybody got big solos. On today's show, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra makes a big splash with that symphony, Haydn's sixth.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Johann Sebastian Bach: Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048
The European Brandenburg Ensemble with conductor and harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock

George Frideric Handel: Allegro from Concerto Grosso in B-flat, Op. 3, No. 1
The Academy of Ancient Music
Virginia Arts Festival, Portsmouth, Virginia

Traditional: "I'm On My Journey Home"
Anonymous 4
Virginia Arts Festival, Portsmouth, Virginia

Georges Bizet: Intermezzo from "Carmen"
Flutist Debra Wendells Cross, clarinetist Robert Alemany, and guitarist JoAnn Falletta
Virginia Arts Festival, Gloucester, Virginia

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Trevor Pinnock
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Romance in A and Valse in A
Pianists Susan Grace, John Novacek, and Anne Epperson
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Hour 2

Igor Stravinsky: Duet for Two Bassoons
Bassoonists Frank Morelli and Dennis Godburn

Igor Stravinsky: "Scherzo a la Russe"
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Sulkhan Zinzadze: Georgian Folk Suite
The Rastrelli Cello Quartet
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia

Witold Lutoslawski: "Epitaph"
Oboist Kalev Kuljus and pianist Marko Martin
Meder Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

Giacomo Puccini: "Che Gelida Manina," from "La Boheme"
Tenor Luciano Pavarotti with the Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra and conductor Emerson Buckley
Piazza Grande, Modena, Italy

Josef Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D ("The Morning")
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City

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