We often associate Arnold Schoenberg with crunchy, angular, atonal music. Music that's more for the head than the heart. But Schoenberg had a heart, after all. A heart with a surprising soft spot for the music of Johann Strauss, Jr., the Waltz King. In today's show, a loving arrangement of Strauss' Emperor Waltz, by Arnold Schoenberg. Plus, transformations of music by Arcangelo Corelli and the British rock band Radiohead.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joseph Haydn: Finale from Symphony No. 89 in F
The Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle, conductor
Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
The Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Robert Schumann: Fourth movement from Marchenbilder (Fairy-Tale Pictures), Op. 113
Richard O'Neill, viola, Gilbert Kalish, piano
Music@Menlo, Atherton, California
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Nichael Cramer from Guilford, Vermont
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2
The Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Hour 2
Edward Elgar: Aubade, from Nursery Suite
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Paul Goodwin, conductor
Ordway Center, St. Paul
Johann Strauss: Kaiserwalzer (the Emperor Waltz), Op. 437
Festival Musicians
Music@Menlo, Atherton, California
Radiohead (Arranged by Paul Kim): Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, Sarasota, Florida
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 2
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Paul Goodwin, conductor
Ordway Center, St. Paul
Michael Tippett: Fantasia Concertanta on a Theme of Corelli for Strings
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Paul Goodwin, conductor
Ordway Center, St. Paul
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