American violinist Joshua Bell recently called Alexander Glazunov's Violin Concerto "real juicy violin stuff." On Monday's Performance Today, we'll take a musical trip to Cincinnati to hear Bell play that concerto in concert with the Cincinnati Symphony.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Fritz Kreisler: Caprice viennois
Joshua Bell, violin; Paul Coker, piano
The Kreisler Album
London 444 409
Elmer Bernstein (arr. Patrick Russ): To Kill a Mockingbird: "Main Title"
Desirae and Deondra Brown, piano
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Michael Gandolfi: Flourishes and Meditations on a Renaissance Theme
United States Marine Band; Colonel Michael J. Colburn, conductor
Baltimore Convention Center, National Association for Music Education Conference, Baltimore, MD
Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor and Orchestra, Op. 82
Joshua Bell, violin; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Music Hall, Springer Auditorium, Cincinnati, OH
Jules Massenet: Meditation, from Thais
Joshua Bell, violin; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Music Hall, Springer Auditorium, Cincinnati, OH
Hour 2
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15, Op. 141: 3. Allegretto
Beethoven Orchestra Bonn; Roman Kofman, conductor
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphonies No. 3
Dabringhaus und Grimm 937 1210
Thierry Escaich: Tango Virtuoso
Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet
Rockport Music Festival, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Anton Webern: Im Sommerwind
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 67
David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano; Philip Setzer, violin
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
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