Week of January 19, 2009

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Paavo Järvi, conductor
Lars Vogt, piano


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Program:
Johnson: prairyerth
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Description:
One of the first pieces that Paavo Järvi heard as a boy was Stravinsky's landmark ballet, The Rite of Spring, and this thundering, convulsive music shook his world. Now when he conducts the Cincinnati Orchestra in it, he says, "I try to make things as uncomfortable as possible, because the piece begins with a birth. I try to find that layer of primordial, orgy-like energy that's close to the earth -- and not just play the notes and be satisfied with it." The CSO delivers in this great performance!

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