Poster Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara
Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara
Sakari Viika/Ondine Records
Performance Today®

Rautavaara: Symphony No. 1

Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara was 28 years old when he wrote his Symphony No. 1. It's a fascinating piece that is simply not played often enough. And so... on Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear the Buffalo Philharmonic play the Rautavaara's Symphony No. 1

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Grazyna Bacewicz: Two Oberki
Piotr Plawner, violin; Ewa Kupiec, piano
Grazyna Bacewicz: Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Hanssler 93117

Felix Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
St. Lawrence String Quartet; Rolston String Quartet
The Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC

Grazyna Bacewicz: Overture
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andrew Manze, conductor
The Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA

Miles Davis: All Blues
Ebene Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Hour 2

Franz Schubert: Der Lindenbaum
Frederic Chiu, piano
Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions
Harmonia Mundi 3957054

Einojuhani Rautavaara: Symphony No. 1: Movements 1 & 2
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY

Franz Schubert: Introduction and Variations on 'Trockne Blumen', D. 802, Op. 160
Stefan Ragnar Hoskuldsson, flute; Michael McHale, piano
University of Georgia, Ramsey Concert Hall. UGA, Athens, GA

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 6 Op. 19 No. 6: Movements 1-2
Vera Quartet: Pedro Rodriguez, violin; Patricia Garcia, violin; Ines Molares, viola; Justin Goldsmith, cello
Performance Today Young Artists in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN

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