It's worth wondering about what music might exist now if certain composers had lived longer. This weekend on Performance Today, host Fred Child samples music that remembers composers who died far too young. Plus, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child with this week's Piano Puzzler.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Georg Phillip Telemann: Tafelmusik: Quaruor in d minor for Two flutes
Musica Amphion: recorder & basso continuo, Pieter-Jan Belder, recorder; Wilbert Hazelzet, traverso; Kate Clark, traverso; Menno van Delft, harpsichord; Alber Bruggen, cello
Brilliant 93311
David Maslanka: Symphony No. 8 1. Moderate/very fast
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Texas
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Justin K. from Overland Park, Kansas
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben I. The Hero
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, Chicago, IL 0812(04-06)
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Webern: Im Sommerwind
CSO Resound 901 1002
Georg Phillip Telemann: Suite in D for Viola da Gamba and Strings, TWV 55:d5
Concerto Copenhagen; Jordi Savall, conductor
Garrison Church, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hour 2
Arriaga: Symphony in D Major iii: Menuetto (Allegro)
English Chamber Orchestra. Jesus Lopez Cobos, conductor
Arriaga and Mozart, English Chamber Orchestra, Jesus Lopez Cobos
Ensayo 3417
Lili Boulanger: Cortege
Catherine Peterson, flute; Rachelle McCabe, piano
Chintimini Chamber Music Festival; First Congregational United Church of Christ, Corvallis, Oregon
Giovanni Pergolesi (arr. Lesser): Sinfonia a Violoncello Solo iv: Presto
Laurence Lesser and Carol Ou, cellos
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts; New England Conservatory
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in b minor, D. 759, "The Unfinished"
New York Philharmonic. Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, New York
Andre Mathieu: Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano
Alain Lefevre, piano; Laura Andriani, violin; David Ellis, cello
Chausson - Concert. mathieu - Trio & Quintet
Analekta 9286
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