Poster Richard Strauss conducting (c. 1900)
Richard Strauss conducting (c. 1900)
By Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, via Wikimedia Commons
Performance Today®

Strauss: Don Juan

The story of Don Juan taps a deep territory in the human psyche: love, betrayal, excess, and death. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear Richard Strauss's explosive tone poem Don Juan, from a concert at the Aspen Music Festival and School. Garrett McQueen guest-hosts.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Peter Tchaikovsky: Gopak from 'Mazeppa'
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 3
Teldec 46322

Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20
Aspen Conducting Academy; Nathaniel Efthimiou; Frantisek Macek, conductors
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO

Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Jean Bostrum from Zimmerman, MN

Peter Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lie cher, op 42,
Kyoko Takezawa, violin; Wu Qian, piano
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA

Hour 2

Sergei Prokofiev: Waltz Suite from Cinderella Op. 110: Movement 4 End of the Fairy Tale
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Prokofiev
Chandos 8450

Joachim Stutschewsky: Hassidic Fantasy for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio: Alon Goldstein, piano; Amit Peled, cello; Alex Fiterstein, clarinet
Interlochen Presents, Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall, Interlochen, MI

Belinda Reynolds: Play for piano and two marimbas
Susan Grace, piano; John Kinzie, marimba; Brendan Betyn, marimba
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO

Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100: Movements 3 & 4
Houston Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX

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