Poster Carriage ride in Charleston
Carriage ride in Charleston, SC.
APM photo/Avital Rabinowitz
Performance Today®

June 2, 2015: Charleston the old-fashioned way

On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll take a tour of historic Charleston, South Carolina, the old fashioned way -- by horse and carriage. Plus, we'll hear musical highlights from the Spoleto Festival USA.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Camilla de Rossi: Sinfonia from Il Sacrifizio di Abramo: 1. Largo; 4. Presto e piano assai
JoAnn Falletta, lute; Bay Area Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Baroque Treasures
Newport 60102

Francis Poulenc: Suite Francaise
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
Bates Recital Hall, Butler School of Music, University of Texas, Austin, TX

Johann Friedrich Fasch: Sinfonia in G minor, FWV M:g1
Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone, artistic directors
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA

Joaquin Rodrigo: Fantasia para un Gentilhombre
Ekachai Jearakul, guitar; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY

Hour 2

Robert Schumann (trans. Eric Ruske): Fantasiestucke, Op. 73 Rasch und mit Feuer
Eric Ruske, horn; Pedja Muzijevic, piano
The Classic Horn: World Premiere Transcriptions
Albany 615

Vittorio Monti (trans. Eric Ruske): Csardas
Eric Ruske, French horn; Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC

Joseph Haydn: Sinfonia concertante in B-flat major (Hob. I/105)
Margaret Batjer, violin; Andrew Shulman, cello; Allan Vogel, oboe; Kenneth Munday, bassoon; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Matthew Halls, conductor
Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA

Maurice Ravel: La Valse, or Poeme choregraphique in D Major, M. 72
Pedja Muzijevic, piano; Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
Spoleto Festival USA Chamber Music Series, Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, SC

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