Russian conductor Valery Gergiev is the only classical musician to make the 2010 "Time 100" list, Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Gergiev exerts his influence on orchestras and audiences alike, and there's no doubting his passion, and the depth of feeling he inspires when he conducts. We'll hear Gergiev inspiring the London Symphony Orchestra in a concert performance of "Jeux," by Claude Debussy; music for a flirtatious ballet set on a tennis court.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Georges Bizet: Excerpts from Children's Games
Laurence Fromentin and Dominique Plancade, pianos
Antonin Dvorak: Terzetto for Two Violins and Viola in C, Op. 74
Joseph Lin and Ida Levin, violins, Richard O'Neill, viola
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival, Seattle
Igor Stravinsky: Five Easy Pieces
Mia Chung and Alina Polyakov, piano
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, Massachusetts
Georges Bizet: Galop from Children's Games
The Claremont Trio
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, Massachusetts
Claude Debussy: Jeux
The London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
Barbican Hall, London, England
Hour 2
Henry Purcell: Excerpt from The Fairy Queen
Red Priest
Gustav Holst: Jig from St. Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2
The Neuss Chamber Orchestra, Joachim Neugart, conductor
Sundin Music Hall, St. Paul
Traditional (Arranged by Gareth Koch): She Moved Through the Fair
Saffire
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
Francois Couperin: La Paix du Parnasse, Sonade en Trio
The Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot, director
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
Henry Purcell: Suite
The Chicago Chamber Musicians
Anne and Howard Gottlieb Hall, Chicago
Ottorino Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano (Three Botticelli Pictures)
The Strings Festival Orchestra, Andres Cardenes, conductor
Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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