During the First World War, Maurice Ravel composed a work and dedicated each movement to a fallen friend or colleague. At first, Ravel was criticized because the music has a bright, reflective quality; his response was "The dead are sad enough, in their eternal silence." On this episode of Performance Today, we'll hear Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, from a concert Nashville.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joseph Haydn: Scherzando No. 1 in F, Hob.II: 33: Menuet and Trio; Scherzando No. 2 in C, Hob.II: 34: Menuet and Trio
Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Haydn Ensemble Berlin; Hansjorg Schellenberger, conductor
Emmanuel Pahud: Haydn Scherzandi
EMI 56577
Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte for String Orchestra
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
SPCO, Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Gina Doorn from Los Alamos, NM
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G Major, "Military"
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Pedja Muzijevic, piano; Anthony Manzo, double bass; St. Lawrence String Quartet; Geoff Nuttall, conductor
Spoleto Festival USA, The Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Hour 2
Maurice Ravel: Miroirs Movement 2 Oiseaux tristes
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Beautiful Starry Night: Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays Ravel
London/Decca 448618
Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite 3, for String Orchestra
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Pekka Kuusisto, conductor
Ottorino Respighi
Wayne Shorter: Footprints
Ebene Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
The Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
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