Poster Portrait of Arnold Schoenberg (1905)
Portrait of Arnold Schoenberg (1905)
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Schoenberg's Brahms makeover

Composer Arnold Schoenberg liked the Piano Quartet No. 1 by Johannes Brahms, but he decided that it needed a few changes. Schoenberg arranged the quartet for orchestra and threw out the piano part entirely. On this episode Performance Today, hear Schoenberg's orchestral makeover of the Brahms's Piano Quartet No. 1, from a concert at the Aspen Music Festival.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Joseph Haydn: Sonata in A-flat Major, Hob. XVI: 43 Movement 3 Rondo
Emanuel Ax, piano
Haydn Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35, 4
Sony 89363

Igor Stravinsky: Octet for Winds
C Wincenc, flute; J Gunn, clarinet; K Jensen, bassoon; N Laube, bassoon; J Aylward, trumpet; S Cook, trumpet; L Rogers, trombone; J Weller, trombone
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX

Dylan Bennett: Holhchifo Ki'yo
Spokane String Quartet
Spokane Chamber Music Association, Bing Crosby Theater, Spokane, WA

Miko Begaye: Circus Revolution
Spokane String Quartet
Spokane Chamber Music Association, Bing Crosby Theater, Spokane, WA

Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in F Minor, La Passione
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN

Hour 2

Robert Burns: Ae Fond Kiss
Nicola Benedetti, violin; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rory Macdonald, conductor
Homecoming: A Scottish Fantasy
London/Decca 21290

Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN

Johannes Brahms (arr. Arnold Schoenberg): Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25: Movements 3 & 4
Aspen Festival Orchestra; Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO

Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 3 in E Major Movement 1 Preludio
Nicola Benedetti, violin
Schubert Club of Minnesota, Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX

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