On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear two great American music institutions in concert. First, the New York Philharmonic plays Ravel's Mother Goose Suite at Lincoln Center. And then, the U.S. Marine Band plays music that honors President John F. Kennedy in Virginia.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Erich Korngold and Philip Sousa: Kings Row and Semper Fidelis March
National Philharmonia; United States Marine Band
National Philharmonia and United States Marine Band
BMG RG & Altissimo 7890-2 and 5558
Robert Schumann: Excerpts from Funf Stuck im Volkston, Op. 102
Martin Frost, clarinet; Julien Quentin, piano
Verbier Festival, Verbier Church, Verbier, Switzerland
Nicola Campogrande: Urban Gardens for Piano and Orchestra
Emanuele Arciuli, piano; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Roberto Abbado, conductor
Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Warren Benson: The Leaves are Falling
United States Marine Band; Major Michelle A. Rakers, conductor
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
Hour 2
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major: 4. Vif et agite
Ebene String Quartet
Debussy, Faure, Ravel - String Quartets Music
Virgin 519045
Bix Beiderbecke (arr: Woodiel and Kostraba): In a Mist
Paul Woodiel, violin. Greg Kostraba, piano
New Harmony Music Festival & School, Thralls Opera House, New Harmony, IN
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet in C Minor: 3. Fantasia (quasi variazioni), Moderato
Inon Barnatan, piano; Geoff Nuttall, violin; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; David Ying, cello; Anthony Manzo, bass
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
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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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