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Performance Today®

Performance Today for Friday, May 3, 2013

Conductor, pianist and candid commentator Bill Eddins joins host Fred Child in the studio to take listeners on a tour of his favorite pieces of classical music. He talks about the unappreciated humor in Beethoven's symphonies, the sly keyboard prowess of Alicia de Larrocha, and Eddins reveals what he calls "the sexiest piece of classical music ever written." Find out the answer and get the conductor's take on classical music on Friday's Performance Today.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations - Variation 11; Variation 20
Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 - Mvt. IV. Allegro ma non troppo
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, cond.

Maurice Ravel: String Quartet - Mvt. II. Assez vif
Emerson String Quartet

Enrique Granados: Goyescas - III. Fandango by Candlelight
Alicia de Larrocha, piano

Lili Boulanger: Faust et Helene
Ann Murray mezzo-soprano; Bonaventura Bottone tenor; Jason Howard bass; BBC Philharmonic; Yan Pascal Tortelier, cond.

Hour 2

Camille Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals - VI. Kangaroos; VII. Aquarium; X. Aviary
The London Sinfonietta; Charles Dutoit, conductor

Jean Sibelius: Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 46 (Orchestral Version)
Minnesota Orchestra Osmo Vanska, conductor
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ballake Sissoko: Chamber Music
Ballake Sissoko, kora; Vincent Segal, cello
Lucas Theater for the Arts, Savannah, Georgia

Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - Anitra's Dance
Glass Duo
Chopin Manor, Duszniki Zdroj, Poland

Camille Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in c minor, op. 78 "Organ" - Mvt IV. Maestoso
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Grams, conductor
Town Hall, Adelaide, South Australia

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