In 1916, critics complained that 26-year-old Sergei Prokofiev's music was too modern, too hard on the ears, and lacking a sense of history. So that summer Prokofiev left for vacation with a plan. On today's show, we'll hear Prokofiev's classically-inspired rebuttal, his Symphony No. 1, from a concert performance by the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, with Markand Thakar conducting.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish Dances: Allegretto
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
Arnold for Band
Reference 66
Peter Meechan: Soliloquies From a Quiet Place
Ryan Anthony, Lens Lindemann, trumpets; Dallas Winds; Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Hall, Dallas, TX
Missy Mazzoli: Quartet for Queen Mab
Aeolus Quartet
Victoria Bach Festival, Presidio La Bahia Chapel, Goliad, TX
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2: Mvts 2-3
Stewart Goodyear, piano; Gateways Music Festival Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor
Gateways Music Festival, Eastman Theatre, Kodak Hall, Rochester, NY
Hour 2
Osvaldo Golijov: Levante
Serouj Kradjian, piano
Levante
Atma 2655
Osvaldo Golijov: Mariel for Cello and Marimba
Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Ian David Rosenbaum, marimba
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra; Markand Thakar, conductor
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Towson, MD
Robert Schumann: Marchenerzahlungen for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op. 132
David Shifrin, clarinet; Paul Neubauer, viola; Gloria Chien, piano
String Theory at the Hunter, The Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
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