Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara was 28 years old when he wrote his Symphony No. 1. It's a fascinating piece that is simply not played often enough, and so.... On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear the Buffalo Philharmonic, in concert, playing Rautavaara's Symphony No. 1.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ernst von Dohnanyi: Humoresques, Op. 17: Movement 2
Jeno Jando, piano
Ernst von Dohnanyi: Piano Works Vol. 2
Koch Schwann 312192
Ernst von Dohnanyi: Sextet for Piano, Strings, and Winds in C Major, Op. 37
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Stewart Rose, horn; Beth Guterman, viola; Emily Bruskin, violin; Julia Bruskin, cello; Andrea Lam, piano
Skaneateles Festival, First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY
Joaquin Turina: Ante Las lanzas, de Velazquez, from Contemplacion, Op. 99
Liza Stepanova, piano
Hugh Hodgson School of Music & UGA Performing Arts Center, Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Symphony No. 1: Movements 2-3
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Hour 2
Franz Schubert: Violin Sonata in A minor, D. 385: Movement 4 Allegro
Andrew Manze, violin; Richard Egarr, fortepiano
Schubert Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Harmonia Mundi 907 445
Witold Lutoslawski: Paganini Variations for Solo Piano and Orchestra
Stephen Hough, piano; Aspen Festival Orchestra; Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
Franz Schubert: Quartet in D Minor, D. 810, Death and the Maiden: Movement 4
Belcea Quartet: Corina Belcea, Axel Schacher, violins; Krzysztof Chorzelski, viola; Antoine Lederlin, cello
Union College Concert Series, Union College - Memorial Chapel, Schenectady, NY
Sheridan Seyfried: Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra
Nikki and Timothy Chooi, violins; Lake George Music Festival Symphony Orchestra; Roger Kalia, music director
Lake George Music Festival, Lake George High School, NY
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