When Richard Strauss was a baby, he cried when he heard the violin. But when he heard the French Horn, he smiled. His father played horn in the Munich Court Opera. Strauss grew up to write two great concertos for the horn. We'll go to a concert in Berlin to hear the Munich Philharmonic play the Second Horn Concerto by Strauss...on the next Performance Today, from APM.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Jan Zelenka: Trio Sonata No. 1 in F Major: 2. Allegro
Heinz Holliger & Maurice Bourgue, oboes; Klaus Thunemann, bassoon; Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord
Zelenka Trio Sonatas
ECM 1671
Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14: 1. Allegro 2. Andante 3. Presto in moto perpetuo
Gil Shaham, violin; New York Philharmonic; David Robertson, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Tim Kellogg from Citrus Heights, CA
Jan Zelenka: Hipocondrie a 7 concertanti in A, ZWV 187
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Rachel Podger, director and violin
International Chamber Orchestra Festival, Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, MN
Hour 2
Richard Strauss: Symphony No. 1 in d minor, Op. 69: 3. Scherzo. Molto allegro
Leggiero Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor
Schwann 365322
Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825
Jan Lisiecki, piano
Gilmore Rising Stars Recital Series, Wellspring Theater, Epic Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat
Jorg Bruckner, horn; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Berlin Music Festival, Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Giovanni Sollima: Federico II from "Viaggio in Italia"
Brooklyn Rider: Johnny Gandelsman, violin; Colin Jacobsen, violin; Nicholas Cords, viola; Eric Jacobsen, cello
Union College Concert Series, Memorial Chapel, Union College, Schenectady, NY
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