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Performance Today for Saturday, April 20, 2013

The music lay untouched and unheard for over a half century, covered with the dust of World War Two and the Holocaust. Composer Hans Gal was a well-known figure in Vienna's classical music world until the 1930s when he fled the Nazis and landed in Edinburgh, Scotland and relative obscurity. More than a half century later, conductor Kenneth Woods and England's Orchestra of the Swan took out Gal's last symphony, dusted off the cobwebs, and shone some sunlight on the music. On Wednesday's Performance Today we'll hear the modern premiere of Gal's final symphony from a concert in Statford-upon-Avon, England.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Astor Piazzolla: Ave Maria
Maya Beiser, cello, Anthony de Mare, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach: Bourree in G minor from English Suite No. 2
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Alastair Willis, conductor
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX

Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Church of St. John The Divine, Houston, Texas

The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Keith Weber from Houston, Texas.

William Boyce: Symphony in A major, Op. 2, No. 2 "Birthday"
Tempesta di Mare
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill; Philadelphia, PA

Hour 2

Astor Piazzolla (arr. Assad/Barrueco): Summer in Buenos Aires
Manuel Barrueco, guitar

Michael Nyman: Songs for Tony I
Amstel Saxophone Quartet

Hans Gal: Symphony No. 4, Op. 105, "Sinfonia Concertante"
David Le Page, violin; Christopher Allen, cello; Diane Clark, flute; Sally Harrop, clarinet; Orchestra of the Swan; Kenneth Woods, conductor
Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, UK

Astor Piazzolla: La Muerte del Angel
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Holley Hall, Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, Sarasota, FL

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