Conductor Simon Rattle is back to introduce the Symphony No. 2, by Johannes Brahms. (Every Tuesday this month, Rattle joins host Fred Child to introduce one of the four Brahms symphonies.) Rattle says "this is a work where real unalloyed joy comes out, and that, in all of Brahms' output, is fairly rare." And we'll go to a concert in Berlin, with Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, in the complete symphony.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Paul Hindemith: March from "Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber"
The Berlin Philharmonic with conductor Claudio Abbado
Frederic Chopin: Fantasie-Impromptu in C-sharp Minor
Pianist Ingrid Fliter
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73
The Berlin Philharmonic with conductor Simon Rattle
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Hour 2
Edmund Rubbra: Third movement from Viola Concerto in A, Op. 75
Violist Lawrence Power with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ilan Volkov
Perotinus: "Ex Semine"
The Mediae Vox Ensemble with conductor Filipa Taipina
Cathedral, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Karl Leopold Rollig: Kleine Tonstucke for Glass Harmonica
Thomas Bloch, glass harmonica
Limestone Caves, Montserrat, Spain
Johann Albrechtsberger: Finale from Concerto for Jew's Harp, Mandora, and Orchestra
Fritz Mayr, Jew's harp, and Dieter Kirsch, mandora, with the Munich Chamber Orchestra and conductor Hans Stadlmeir
Tibor Serly: Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra
Violist Lawrence Power with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and conductor Marcus Stenz
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Antonin Dvorak: Serenade for Winds in D Minor, Op. 44
The Chicago Chamber Musicians
Gottlieb Hall, Chicago
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