Fritz Kreisler is famous as a 20th century violinist and composer. It's not so well known that when war broke out in 1914, Kreisler volunteered to serve in the Austrian Army and he spent four weeks in the trenches on the Eastern Front. We'll hear the story of Fritz Kreisler's narrow escape from the trenches and a piece he wrote a few years later; his String Quartet in a minor. Plus, news from the Minnesota Orchestra, on Wednesday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D major: 2. Scherzo: Allegro
Takacs Quartet
Borodin String Quartets
London/Decca 452239
Richard Strauss: Serenade in E-flat Major for Winds, Op. 7, TrV 106
Ransom Wilson, flute; Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; David Shifrin, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Bram Van Sambeek, b
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater, New York, NY
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Mary Elfner from Richmond, VA
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Magnificat in D Major, H. 772, Wq. 215: 1. Magnificat; 2. Quia Respexit; 4. Et misericordia ejus; 5. Fecit potentiam; 8. Gloria
Elizabeth Watts, soprano; Wiebke Lehmkuhl, contralto; Lothar Odinius, tenor; Markus Eiche, bass; Rias Chamber Chorus; Florian Helgath, director
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Hour 2
Giuseppe Verdi: Valzer in Fa
Edoardo Farina, piano; I Solisti Italiani
Operisti
Denon 18070
Fritz Kreisler: Schon Rosmarin, from 3 Old Viennese Dances
Gil Shaham, violin; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Fritz Kreisler: Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3
Nathan Chan, cello; Carlos Avila, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
Fritz Kreisler: String Quartet in a minor
Members of the Cygnus Ensemble: Miranda Cuckson, violin; Calvin Wiersma, violin; Daniel Panner, viola; Susannah Chapman, cello
Concerts from the Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village, WY
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