On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hit the road and head to the next stop on PT's Summer Road Trip: Charleston, West Virginia. We'll hear a piece called "Vandalia,"; after an old name for what is now West Virginia. Composer Matthew Jackfert will join us for the journey. Plus, Bruce Adolphe has this week's Piano Puzzler.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Camille Saint-Saens: Une Nuit a Lisbonne
Orchestre Symphonique Francais; Laurent Petitgirard, conductor
Saint-Saens
Adda 590064
Alexander Glazunov: Five Novelettes: 2. Orientale. Allegro con brio; 5. All'ungherese
Members of the Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle; Natalya Ageyeva, artistic director
Classical KING FM 98.1, KING FM Studios, Seattle, WA
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Casie Luong from Witchita Falls, TX
Camille Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Guy Johnston, cello; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Andrew Gourlay, conductor
Town Hall, Huddersfield, England
Hour 2
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Danse russe" from Swan Lake, Op. 20
Joshua Bell, violin; Berlin Philharmonic; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Tchaikovsky, Joshua Bell, Michael Tilson Thomas, Berliner Philharmoniker
Sony 94832
Matthew Jackfert: Vandalia
Brandon Brown, violin; West Virginia Youth Symphony Orchestra; Robert Turizziani, conductor
Statna Opera, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
Pierre Jalbert: Autumn Rhapsody
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Edwin Outwater, conductor
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5: 2. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza; 3. Valse Allegro
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, MI
Tchaikovsky: The Six Symphonies (Live)
DSO Live 1
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