Musical Departures
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Tonight, musical "departures" of varying sorts — we'll hear Beethoven's "farewell" sonata for piano. Also, selections from Nathan Granner and Beau Bledsoe's album "Departure," which takes a new look at some old classics.
Pianist Claude Frank performs the Beethoven in our first hour, a piece written in honor of Ludwig Van's brother, who was about to depart on a long journey. For something different, Dan Brown fans might be interested to hear Otto Nicolai's "Knight Templar" overture from the Bamburg Symphony; then Granner and Bledsoe turn Puccini's "E lucevan le stelle" (from "Tosca") into a stylish seguirilla.
We'll revisit the spanish mood again later in the evening with Joaquin Rodrigo's "Concierto madrigal," featuring Pepe and Angel Romero, aptly backed by Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. And finally, coming full circle, we'll return to Beethoven and the piano as Sviatoslov Richter performs the Sonata No. 28 in A.
Pianist Claude Frank performs the Beethoven in our first hour, a piece written in honor of Ludwig Van's brother, who was about to depart on a long journey. For something different, Dan Brown fans might be interested to hear Otto Nicolai's "Knight Templar" overture from the Bamburg Symphony; then Granner and Bledsoe turn Puccini's "E lucevan le stelle" (from "Tosca") into a stylish seguirilla.
We'll revisit the spanish mood again later in the evening with Joaquin Rodrigo's "Concierto madrigal," featuring Pepe and Angel Romero, aptly backed by Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. And finally, coming full circle, we'll return to Beethoven and the piano as Sviatoslov Richter performs the Sonata No. 28 in A.
