Performance Today®

Haydn the Comedian

In today's show, a performance of a Haydn symphony that had a Viennese audience laughing out loud. We'll let you in on the joke, as Daniel Barenboim conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Haydn's Farewell symphony. Plus, pianist Yuja Wang delivers a jaw-dropping performance of music from Stravinsky's ballet "Petrushka" in St. Paul.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Sergei Prokofiev: Fourth movement from Piano Sonata No. 2
Yefim Bronfman, piano

Henryk Wieniawski: Etude-Caprice No. 5 in E, Op. 18
Livia Sohn and Geoff Nuttall, violins
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina

Traditional Spanish: Jacaras
Chatham Baroque
Synod Hall, Oakland, Pennsylvania

Johannes Brahms: Three movements from Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83
Yefim Bronfman, piano, the Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami

Hour 2

Johann Strauss, Jr.: The Annen Polka, Op. 117
The Vienna Philharmonic, Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in A, Wq 172
Paul Watkins, cello and conductor, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Radio Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway

Igor Stravinsky: Excerpts from Petrushka
Yuja Wang, piano
The Frederic Chopin Society, St. Paul

Joseph Haydn: Finale from Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp Minor (Farewell)
The Vienna Philharmonic, Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria

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