Playlist
Joe Chindamo
Our new All Stars playlist is here!
In this series, some of our - and your - favorite contemporary artists, composers, and musicians will let you take an exclusive sneak peek into their favorite musical works through specially curated playlists. This time around, we're hearing from genre-hopping Australian composer Joe Chindamo as he curates a collection of his favorite works, pairing classics from Beethoven and Bernstein with gems from Jerry Goldsmith and Witold Lutosławski.
Watch Joe Chindamo introduce his favorites here!
Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra
- ConductorEsa-Pekka Salonen
- OrchestraOrchestre de Paris
- LocationPhilharmonie de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Orchestre de Paris and Bartók.
Esa-Pekka Salonen takes the podium in this 2015 performance, conducting the Orchestre de Paris in a high-energy rendition of Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra.
Copland - Appalachian Spring
- ConductorMichael Tilson Thomas
- OrchestraCzech Philharmonic
- LocationRudolfinum
Michael Tilson Thomas takes to the podium at the Rudolfinum.
In this 2022 concert, beloved American conductor Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the Czech Philharmonic, performing his own arrangement of Copland's original suite.
Shostakovich - Violin Concerto No. 1
- ConductorGianandrea Noseda
- OrchestraLondon Symphony Orchestra
- LocationBarbican Centre
One of Shostakovich's most emotive works.
Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 is masterfully performed by the great Nicola Benedetti and the world-renowned London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Italian maestro Gianandrea Noseda.
Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
- ConductorIván Fischer
- OrchestraRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- LocationThe Concertgebouw
Beethoven's epic Third from Amsterdam.
Regardless of the dedication to Napoléon, Beethoven eventually dedicated his Third Symphony, 'composed to celebrate the memory of a great man,' to one of his most generous patrons, Prince Lobkowitz.
Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
- ConductorPierre Boulez
- OrchestraLondon Symphony Orchestra
- LocationAlte Oper
The piece that changed the world.
Pierre Boulez conducts the London Symphony Orchestra at the Alte Oper, Frankfurt in a performance of Igor Stravinsky's idiosyncratic 'The Rite of Spring.'
Goldsmith, Rosenman, & Eidelman - Star Trek Medley
- ConductorAntony Hermus
- OrchestraDanish National Symphony Orchestra
- LocationDR Koncerthuset
Goldsmith's film score genius on full display.
With this incredible 2017 orchestral medley featuring Star Trek themes from Goldsmith, Rosenman, and Eidelman, allow Antony Hermus and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra to boldly take you where no one has been before.
Bernstein - West Side Story Suite
- ConductorWilliam Eddins
- OrchestraNew York Philharmonic
- LocationCentral Park
Remembering Leonard Bernstein in New York City.
Under the baton of conductor William Eddins, the New York Philharmonic accompanies violinist Joshua Bell in a new suite based on some of the musical's most enduring melodies.
