On Wednesday's Performance Today: new takes on older music. Ralph Vaughan Williams found inspiration from Elizabethan English music of the 1500's. We'll hear a Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis performed at the Prague Castle. Plus, Arnold Schoenberg loved the music of Brahms, but disliked the instrumentation of the piano quartet. Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the reorchestration by Schoenerg. On Performance Today, from APM.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Carl Nielsen
: Symphony No. 4 "The Inextinguishable" 2. Poco allegretto
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Carl Nielsen: 6 Symphonies
DG 437502
Ralph Vaughan Williams
: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Berlin Philharmonic; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
Spanish Hall, Castle, Prague, Czech Republic
The Piano Puzzler
: This week's contestants are Dick & Serena LaVine from New York
Joseph Haydn
: Mass in C Major (Hob. XXII:5) "Missa Cellensis", v. Benedictus
The Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street, REBEL Baroque Orchestra Owen Burdick, conductor
Haydn: Mass in F Major, Mass in C Major
Hanssler 98.392
Gerald Finzi
: A Severn Rhapsody, Op. 3
Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra; Robert Manno, conductor
Windham Civic and Performing Arts Center, Windham, NY
Hour 2
Arvo Part
: Summa
Chilingirian Quartet
Chilingirian Quartet: Music by John Tavener and Arvo Part
Virgin 45023
Antonin Dvorak
: American Suite in A Major, Op. 98b, B. 190
Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Domingo Hindoyan, conductor
Philharmonic Hall, Liege, Belgium Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Arvo Part
: Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in Mirror)
Graeme Francis, vibes; Michelle Schumann, piano
Victoria Bach Festival, First United Methodist Church, Victoria, TX
J.S. Bach
: Prelude in C major - Ave Maria
Bach Blend: Graeme Francis, vibes; Michelle Schumann, piano
Victoria Bach Festival, First United Methodist Church, Victoria, TX
Johannes Brahms (orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg)
: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, iv. Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco CA
