Early one day, Antonin Dvorak was walking alongside a river. In the golden light of morning, he became transfixed by the song of a red bird with black wings; he hurried home to include its song in his new quartet. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear that very piece: Dvorak's American Quartet.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in B minor, No. 1, Op. 119, No. 1
Joyce Yang, piano
Macalester College, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, St. Paul, MN
The Frederic Chopin Society (Live)
Leos Jancek: Pohadka (Fairy Tale) for Cello and Piano
Keith Robinson, cello; Hyeyeon Park, piano
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Alberto Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2
Joyce Yang, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall Seattle, WA
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Michael Ludwig, violin; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak: Romantic Pieces II & III
Gil Shaham, violin; Orli Shaham, piano
Dvorak for Two: Gil Shaham & Orli Shaham
DG 449820
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Baltic Sea Youth Orchestra; Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Warsaw, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Frederic Chopin: Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2 Valse Brilliant
Rafal Blechacz, piano
Gilmore Award, WQXR's Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, New York, NY
Antonin Dvorak: Quartet in F Major, No. 12, Op. 96, "American"
Modigliani String Quartet
Union College Concert Series, Union College Memorial Chapel, Schenectady, NY
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