Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his Symphony No. 5 at a time when when honest words could be mortally dangerous. On this weekend's Performance Today, learn more about Shostakovich's fifth symphony, then hear it performed by the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, from a concert in Birmingham, England.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Manuel de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Essential Ballet Music
London 436658
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita in D minor, BWV 1004: Chaconne
Xiang Yu, violin
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Daniel Swartz from Clark Summit, PA
Manuel de Falla: Suite No. 2, from The 3 Cornered Hat
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Hour 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Dmitri Alexeev, piano; St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Aleko Overture
RCA 62710
Johann Sebastian Bach: Three Fugues from The Well-Tempered Klavier for String Quartet: Nos. 7, 8, 4
Orion String Quartet
Music@Menlo, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA
Anonymous: A New Tune
The Palladian Ensemble
Saint Paul Sunday, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: Movement 3, 4
St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
Warner 62354
Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondino in E-Flat for wind octet
Chicago Chamber Musicians
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
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