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Performance Today®

May 26, 2015: Lincoln Center

On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll take you on a musical tour to New York City. Wherever you are, whatever you happen to be doing, come join us for a concert at Lincoln Center, where we'll hear pianist Emanuel Ax and the New York Philharmonic play Bach's Keyboard Concerto.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Georges Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite No.1: 4. Carillon
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque; Bizet: Jeux D'enfants
Sony 45649

Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach (arr. Bill Finegan): Yesterdays
Chanticleer
Someone New
Chanticleer Records CR4010

Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite: Movements 1, 2, 3, 5
New York Philharmonic; David Robertson, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Storytelling: Ravel, Bartok, Barber
New York Philharmonic 18

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: Movements 2 and 3
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Peter Oundjian, conductor
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, CA
Toronto Symphony Orchestra Live
TSO Live 8

Hour 2

Frederic Chopin: Mazurka Op. 6, No. 2 in C-sharp and Mazurka Op. 24 No. 2 in C Major
Emanuel Ax, piano
Chopin: Scherzos, Mazurkas
Sony 44544

Claude Debussy: Danse sacree et danse profane
Bridget Kibbey, harp; Erin Keefe, violin; Jorja Fleezanis, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Dane Johansen, cello; Scott Pingel, bass
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, CA

Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Emanuel Ax, piano; New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY

Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in e minor, Op. 64: 4. Finale: Andante maesto
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY

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