The young Jean Sibelius had one dream in life: to be a professional violinist. After he auditioned and failed to win a place in the Vienna Philharmonic, he was heartbroken. But he turned his love for the violin into creative energy. On today's show, hear Finnish violinist Elina Vahala and the Buffalo Philharmonic in a stunning performance of the Violin Concerto by Jean Sibelius.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Jean Sibelius: Pan and Echo, Op. 53
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Sibelius - Swanwhite Suite, Op.54
BIS 359
Pete Seeger, arr. Adam Ward: Where have all the flowers gone?
Chanticleer; William Fred Scott, conductor
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, Op. 47
Elina Vahala, violin; The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Claude Debussy, arr. Henri Mouton: Arabesque No. 1 for Orchestra
Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra; Robert Manno, conductor
Windham Chamber Music Festival, Windham Center for the Arts, Windham, NY
Hour 2
John Harbison: November 19, 1828: III. Rondo: Schubert Recalls a Rondo Fragment from 1816
Gloria Chien, piano; Danbi Um, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Laurence Lesser, cello
Music@Menlo LIVE: Schubert, Vol. 8
Music@Menlo Live NA
Natalie Dietterich: Aeolian Dust
Yale Philharmonia; Inmo Kang, conductor
Yale School of Music, Woolsey Hall, New Haven, CT
Ben Hippen: American Nocturne: Movements 2-4
Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra; Benjamin Loeb, conductor
Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, Lviv National Philharmonie, Ukraine
Joseph Suk: Quartet in A minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 1
Gloria Chien, piano; Danbi Um, violin; Yura Lee, viola; Clive Greensmith, cello
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY
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