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In Ravel's Bolero, the lead snare drummer plays a simple pattern 168 times in a row, gradually getting louder for 16 minutes. It's a study in deep concentration, and percussionist David Corkhill has it mastered. From a concert two weeks ago at the Royal Albert Hall in London, rock-solid David Corkhill and the rest of the Philharmonia Orchestra give a riveting performance of Bolero.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Jacques Offenbach: The Rhine Nymphs Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante in C, K. 315
Sir James Galway, flute; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California

Franz Schubert: Andante, from Piano Sonata in A, op. 120
Emanuel Ax, piano
From a concert with the French National Orchestra, Daniele Gatti, conductor.

Sergei Prokofiev: Andante dolce (Theme and Variations) from Sonata in D, Op. 115
Veronika Eberle, violin
Weilburg Castle Concerts

Jean Hotteterre: La Noce Champetre ou l'Himen Pastoral
Francois Lazarevitch, recorder, musette; Vittorio Ghielmi, viola da gamba; Monica Waisman, violin; Andre Henrich, theorbo, baroque guitar; Alexander Puliaev, harpsichord; Ensemble 1700, Dorothee Oberl
Herne Early Music Days; Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne, Germany

Maurice Ravel: Bolero
Philharmonia Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Royal Albert Hall, London; BBC Proms 2009

Hour 2

Charles Ives: Symphony No. 1 -- III. Scherzo
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

Johann Sebastian Bach: Ricercar a 6 from Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Geoff Nuttall, violin; Scott St. John, violin; Arnaud Sussmann, viola; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Dennis Godburn, bassoon; Scott Pingel, bass
Music@Menlo; St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, California

Franz Schubert: 3 Klavierstucke: No. 2 in E flat major
Imogen Cooper, piano
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 10 -- I. Adagio
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

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