Robert Schumann wrote in his diary, "Drums and trumpets have been blaring in my head. I have no idea what will come of it..." On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll hear what came of it: Schumann's Symphony No. 2 is on the way from a concert in England. Plus, Bruce Adolphe join us with this week's Piano Puzzler.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 4 in D Major: Movements 3 & 4
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Nonesuch 79121
Miguel del Aguila: Concierto en Tango
Roman Mekinulov, cello; Miguel Del Aguila, piano; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Ben Blum from Maynard, MA
Clarice Assad: Suite for Lower Strings, based on themes of Bach
New Century Chamber Orchestra; Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, music director
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Hour 2
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde: 5. Der Trunkene im Fruhling
Brennen Guillory, tenor; Orchestra of the Swan; Kenneth Woods, conductor
Townsend Hall, Shipston-on-Stour, England, UK
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde and Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Somm 109
Anonymous: Hors oires une chanson
Piffaro
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61
Orchestra of the Swan; Kenneth Woods, conductor
Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, UK
Francois Couperin: Fourth Book Ordre 27eme de clavecin in b minor: 1. L'exquise
Juho Pohjonen, piano
Music@Menlo, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA
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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.
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