Poster Trumpet fanfare at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway begins with a trumpet fanfare.
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Performance Today®

May 25, 2015: Fanfares for the people

On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man paired with Joan Tower's Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman. Plus, Midori teams up with the Houston Symphony to play Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Allegro in B-flat for clarinet, two violins, viola and cello
Emma Johnson, clarinet; Rebecca Hirsch & Gabor Takacs-Nagy, violins; Tim Boulton, viola; Andrew Shulman, cello
Mozart - Weber: Clarinet Quintets
ASV 1079

John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
United States Marine Band; Colonel Michael J. Colburn, conductor
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581
Martin Frost, clarinet; Viviane Hagner, violin; Henning Kraggerud, violin; Maxim Rysanov, viola; Christian Poltera, cello
International Chamber Music Festival Stavanger, Stavanger Cathedral, Stavanger, Norway

William Lovelock: Miniature Suite
American Brass Quintet
BPL Chamber Players Concert Series, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY

Hour 2

John Williams: Hymn to the Fallen
Voces8
Eventide
London/Decca 4785703

Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
London Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor
Walthamstow, England
He Got Game: The Music of Aaron Copland
Sony 60593

Joan Tower: Fanfare No. 1 For The Uncommon Woman
Colorado Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, CO
Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman
Koch 7469

Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Op. 64
Midori, violin; Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Jones Hall, Houston, TX

Robert Lowden: Armed Forces Salute
Dallas Winds; Donald McKinney, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX

Adolphus Hailstork: Fanfare on Amazing Grace
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center, Norfolk State University, VA
Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call
Naxos 8559722

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