On Tuesday's Performance Today, we have an entire hour devoted to music of the planets and stars. Plus, we'll hear special selections from this year's BBC Proms.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Alfonso Leng: Doloras: Poemas para piano No. 1 and No. 2
Pola Baytelman, piano
From Chile to Cuba: Latin American Piano Music
Albany 1116
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart): Fugues Arranged for Quartet, K. 405
Casals Quartet
Oriol Martorell Hall, L'auditori, Barcelona, Spain
Carl Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op. 43
Royal Northern Sinfonia Winds
BBC Proms, Cadogan Hall, London, England
Alfonso Leng: Preludio No. 1
Norwegian Radio Orchestra; Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Kirsten Flagstad Hall, Culture Center, Hamar, Norway
Hour 2
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor: II. Lento - Allegro Molto
Paul Watkins, cello; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
Best of British from the BBC Proms 2007
DG 477735
Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: 1. Mars, the Bringer of War; 2. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Susanna Malkki, conductor
BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Mike Oldfield: Harbinger from Music of the Spheres
Lang Lang, piano; Mike Oldfield, guitar; The Sinfonia Sfera Orchestra
Music of the Spheres
London Decca 10925
Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity; 6. Uranus, the Magician; 7. Neptune, the Mystic
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Susanna Malkki, conductor
BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, England
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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.
Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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