They take their name from New York City's most populous borough. But the string quartet that calls itself Brooklyn Rider specializes in crossing geographical and musical boundaries. Brooklyn Rider joined host Fred Child in the PT studios recently. In this weekend's show, we'll hear a couple of their genre-bending tunes, Gypsy music from Finland and an Argentinian tango.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Manuel de Falla: Excerpts from Popular Spanish Suite
Alisa Weilerstein, cello, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
George Gershwin: Cuban Overture
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Wendy Reynolds from Boca Raton, Florida
Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Alisa Weilerstein, cello, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Johann Sebastian Bach: Bouree from Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Hour 2
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Nocturne from Pan Voyevoda Suite for Orchestra
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor
Alexander Scriabin: Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 42, No. 5
Olga Kern, piano
Halton Theater, Charlotte, North Carolina
Jean Sibelius: Two movements from String Quartet in D (Intimate Voices)
Brooklyn Rider
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Erik Hokkanen: Finnish Gypsies
Brooklyn Rider
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Astor Piazzolla: Libertango
Brooklyn Rider
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314
Francois Leleux, oboe and conductor, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vengeance of Hell, Boiled in my Heart, from the Magic Flute, K. 620
Francois Leleux, oboe and conductor, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
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