Efficiency experts would have loved Mozart. Some composers spend years, even decades, writing a single symphony. But in 1783, Mozart proved that it's possible to get the job done in just four days. We'll hear Mozart's weekend masterpiece, his Linz Symphony, from a concert by the always efficient, always conductorless Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in New York.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Igor Stravinsky: Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Agustin Barrios Mangore: Choro da Saudade
Odair Assad, guitar
Guitar Alla Grande Festival, Ottawa, Ontario
Alexander Borodin: String Sextet in D Minor
The Nash Ensemble
Assembly Rooms, Bath, England
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425 (Linz)
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Hour 2
Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 119
Helene Grimaud, piano
Jean Francaix: Scherzo from Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon
Susan Rotholz, flute, Tamar Beach Wells, oboe, Kathryn Taylor, clarinet, Wayne Hileman, bassoon
Doctorow Center for the Arts, Hunter, New York
Padma Newsome: Two movements from With Eyes Cast Down
Rachael Elliott, bassoon, John Orfe, piano and harpsichord, Padma Newsome, viola, voice, piano, and harpsichord
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73, (Emperor)
Helene Grimaud, piano, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Roger Norrington, conductor
Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
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