Danish composer Carl Nielsen wrote his Symphony No. 5 in the early 1920s. It's a musical illustration of the eternal battle between darkness and light. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear Nielsen's Fifth Symphony from a recent concert in Ireland.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Claude Debussy: Reverie
Frederique Cambreling, harp
French Music for Solo Harp
Adda 581146
Claude Debussy: Iberia No. 2 from Images
Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
Lowell Liebermann: Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 23
Aaron Perdue, flute; Christopher McKiggan, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Zhou Tian: Viaje for Flute and String Orchestra
Mimi Stillman, flute; Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle; Lorenzo Muti, conductor
Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Carolina Theater, Durham, NC
Hour 2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze:
Anderson & Roe Piano Duo: Greg Anderson, piano; Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano
The Art of Bach
Steinway & Sons 30033
Fritz Kreisler: Concerto in C (In the Style of Vivaldi) for Violin and Orchestra
Pekka Kuusisto, concertmaster (leading); Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN
Astor Piazzolla (arr. Anderson and Roe): Oblivion
Anderson and Roe Piano Duo: Greg Anderson, piano; Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano
Minnesota Beethoven Festival, Page Theatre, Saint Mary's University, Winona, MN
Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 (selected mvmts)
RTE National Symphony Orchestra; Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
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