Poster Carter Pann
Carter Pann
Carter Pann
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The Exhilaration of Skiing, in Music

In Vancouver, the women's slalom is Friday and the men's slalom is Saturday, but the musical Slalom is on Performance Today. Carter Pann is an American composer, and an avid skier. He wrote a ten-minute orchestral piece that he hopes captures the exhilaration of downhill skiing. It's fun, fast, kinetic music, and we'll hear it from a concert by the Dallas Wind Symphony: "Slalom," by Carter Pann.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Georges Bizet: Carillon from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1
The French National Orchestra with conductor Seiji Ozawa

Carter Pann: Slalom
The Dallas Wind Symphony with conductor Jerry Junkin
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas

Claude Debussy: Images for Orchestra
The French National Orchestra with conductor Daniele Gatti
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France

Hour 2

Johann Sebastian Bach: Excerpts from Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
Cellist Lynn Harrell

Claude Debussy: Fireworks
Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin
92nd Street Y, New York City

Manuel de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
92nd Street Y, New York City

Stephen Paulus: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Cellist Lynn Harrell with the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra and conductor Donald Runnicles
Grand Teton Music Festival, Teton Village, Wyoming

Frederic Chopin: Chant Polonaise No. 5 (My Joys)
Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin
Union College, Schenectady, New York

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