COMING UP ON NPR's WEEKEND PT JUNE 12 AND JUNE 13, 1999
LISA SIMEONE IS HOST
Saturday, JUNE 12
Hour 1-- Milestones of the Millennium--Claudio Monteverdi: We continue
our countdown to the year 2001 with PT's "Milestones of the Millennium,"
a two-year series of essays that will create a picture in sound of the
pivotal events, places, movements, artists and musical works of the past
1000 years. Today, commentator Jan Swafford looks at the life and
contributions of a man who revolutionized opera and created a bridge from
the Renaissance to the Baroque --16th century Italian composer Claudio
Monteverdi.
Hour 2-- Van Cliburn Amateurs: The first Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition for Outstanding Amateurs is in full swing, and we'll meet
some of the pianists who've gathered in Fort Worth, Texas to go for the
gold--from a casino executive to a meteorologist who chases tornadoes.
They'll tell us why they decided to throw caution--as well as their spare
time--to the wind and enter the event. And we'll hear a performance from
the first round of the competition.
Sunday, JUNE 13
Hour 1-- Beethoven from the Sunshine State: "That damned work; I wish
it could be burned!" Ludwig van Beethoven uttered these words about his
very popular E-flat major Septet in 1815, after hearing one-too-many a
performance of it. In this hour, we'll hear the Septet performed by
musicians of Florida's Sarasota Music Festival, which opened last week
Hour 2-- Basic Gorecki: Ted Libbey joins host Lisa Simeone for a visit
to the 20th-century wing of the PT Basic Record Library. Today Ted
discusses and recommends three outstanding recordings of the Symphony No.
3, the "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs," by Polish composer Henryk Gorecki.
COMING UP ON NPR's PERFORMANCE TODAY JUNE 14--JUNE 21, 1999
Monday, JUNE 14
Hour 1-- And the winner is: The first Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition for Outstanding Amateurs ended Sunday night. Lisa talks to
the first-prize winner, as well as a critic who heard every note and we'll
hear signal performances from the competition.
Hour 2-- Pacifica Quartet live in Studio 4A: Lisa welcomes PT's newest
Young Artists in Residence, the Pacifica Quartet, to NPR's Studio 4A
for a week of music and conversation. Today we'll meet the members of
the group--violinists Simin Ganatra and Kyu-Young Kim, violist Kathryn
Lockwood, and cellist Brandon Vamos--and they'll perform the String Quartet
in E minor by Felix Mendelssohn as well as three Cypresses by Antonin
Dvorak.
Tuesday, JUNE 15
Hour 1-- Stradivarius versus Guarnerius, comparing the world's greatest
violins: Violinist Elmar Oliveira recently tested thirty of these precious
17th and 18th-century instruments over the course of two days. The
unprecedented experience was documented in a new book called "The Miracle
Makers." It's published by Bein and Fushi, Inc. of Chicago and includes
recordings of all of the violins. Lisa talks with the Tchaikovsky
Competition gold medalist about the qualities that distinguish the two
types of instruments from each other.
Hour 2-- Pacifica Quartet live in Studio 4A: On the second day of
their residency, the members of the Pacifica Quartet turn their attention
to the slow movements of quartets. They'll talk with Lisa about the
characteristics of good slow movements, and the challenges they face when
performing them. And they'll play a selection of slow movements by
Johannes Brahms, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonin Dvorak, and Sergei
Prokofiev.
Wednesday, JUNE 16
Hour 1-- Milestones of the Millennium--Pastoral Music: When composers
look for inspiration, a source they often turn to is Mother Nature. In
today's edition of "Milestones of the Millennium," we'll look at the
history of pastoral music and hear how nature has been captured in
beautiful music like the Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams and
the Pastoral Symphony by Beethoven.
Hour 2-- Pacifica Quartet live in Studio 4A: The members of the Pacifica
Quartet are Artists-in-Residence at the University of Chicago, where one
of their jobs is to play new music composed by students. We'll hear part
of a successful student composition. The Pacificas also turn to a
tried-and-true favorite, the String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2
by Johannes Brahms.
Thursday, JUNE 17
Hour 1-- Basic Barber: PT critic Ted Libbey joins Lisa for a visit to
the PT Basic Record Library. Throughout 1999, Ted is adding important
20th-century works to the collection, and today he recommends three
recordings of Violin Concerto by American composer Samuel Barber.
Hour 2-- Pacifica Quartet live in Studio 4A: On the fourth day of their
residency, the members of the Pacifica Quartet tackle a quartet by a man
who wrote more than seventy of them--Franz Joseph Haydn. They'll perform
one that demonstrates Haydn's unfailing inventiveness, the String Quartet
in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2, also known as the "Fifths" quartet. Plus,
we'll hear how the Pacifica Quartet uses the "Toy Symphony" by Leopold
Mozart to teach kids about music.
Friday, JUNE 18
Hour 1-- The Eroica Trio at Rockport: The Rockport Chamber Music Festival
opened last week with a concert by the Eroica Trio. They began with an
unusual selection--the Chaconne from the Partita No. 2 by Bach--which is
normally played by just one violin. We'll hear their performance of the
piece in an arrangement by Anne Dudley.
Hour 2-- Pacifica Quartet live in Studio 4A: The members of the Pacifica
Quartet wrap up their week as PT's Young Artists in Residence. For their
final performance, they turn to the music of Ludwig Van Beethoven: the
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3, the third of the "Razumovsky"
Quartets.
MONDAY, JUNE 21
Hour 1--The Red Violin: Film music critic Royal Brown joins Lisa to
evaluate the new movie by Francois Girard, which traces the history of
a fictional violin from its creation under tragic circumstances in Italy
to China during the Cultural Revolution, all within the framework of a
modern-day auction. John Corigliano composed the haunting music for the
film, and it's performed by violinist Joshua Bell. Girard also directed
the remarkable movie "Thirty-two Short Films about Glenn Gould."
Hour 2-- American Orchestras: In this hour, we'll feature an outstanding
performance by a US orchestra.
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