Celebrating Pierre Monteux, the eminent French conductor and teacher of conductors, born 150 years ago. As a young musician, he performed for Brahms, Grieg and other late-romantic luminaries. In the years before World War I, he conducted a string of premieres – Stravinsky’s “Petrushka” and “The Rite of Spring,” Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chloé,” Debussy’s “Jeux” – for Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes. And he was still going strong at the helm of the London Symphony Orchestra in the 1960s. We’ll sample his recorded legacy, in music ranging from Beethoven and Franck to Stravinsky and Ravel.
7-10 p.m. EDT
2300-0200 UTC
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.net
Mendelssohn: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” – Scherzo
Vienna Philharmonic/Pierre Monteux
(Decca/Eloquence)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major (“Pastoral”)
Vienna Philharmonic/Pierre Monteux
(Decca)
Gluck: “Orfeo ed Euridice” – “Dance of the Blessed Spirits”
Claude Monteux, flute
London Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Monteux
(Decca)
Brahms: “Variations on a Theme by Haydn”
London Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Monteux
(Decca)
Franck: Symphony in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Monteux
(RCA)
Debussy: “Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune” (“Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun”)
London Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Monteux
(Decca)
Stravinsky: “Le sacre du printemps” (“The Rite of Spring”)
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Monteux
(RCA)
Tchaikovsky: “Swan Lake” – Valse
London Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Monteux
(Decca/Eloquence)
Ravel: “La valse”
London Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Monteux
(Decca)
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