On Monday's Performance Today, we'll head to Warsaw, Poland, to hear Leonard Slatkin conduct the last major orchestral work by Johannes Brahms; his Double Concerto for Violin and Cello.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johannes Brahms: Seven Fantasies Op. 116, No. 4:Intermezzo Adagio
Emanuel Ax, piano
Brahms Fantasies Op. 116 Piano Pieces Op. 119 Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 2
Sony 69284
Luigi Boccherini: Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 58, No. 2
Pacifica Quartet
Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102: Movements 2-3
Sayaka Shoji, violin; Danjulo Ishizaka, cello; National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Huang Ruo: Folk Songs for Orchestra
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX
Hour 2
George Gershwin (arr. Jonathan Tunick): But Not For Me
Joshua Bell, violin; London Symphony Orchestra, John Williams, conductor
Gershwin Fantasy
Sony 60659
George Gershwin (arr. Frank Gabriel Campos/Nicholas Walker): Three Preludes
Frank Gabriel Campos, trumpet; Nicholas Walker, bass
Hockett Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Faustin Jean Jean: Quartet for saxophones
Equus Saxophone Quartet
Classical KING FM 98.1, KING FM Studios, Seattle, WA
Max Reger: Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
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