After Thanksgiving, there's often a big clean-up that has to take place. So on Friday's Performance Today, we'll help out with a special piece by Malcolm Arnold; his Grand Grand Overture for Vacuum Cleaners, Floor Polisher, and Concert Band.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johannes Brahms: Seven Fantasies: 1. Capriccio in D minor; 7. Capriccio in D minor
Richard Goode, piano
Richard Goode Plays Brahms
Nonesuch 79154
Camille Saint-Saens: Fantasie in A Major for Violin and Harp, Op. 124
Kristin Lee, violin; Bridget Kibbey, harp
Music@Menlo, Menlo School, Atherton, CA
Igor Stravinsky: First Scene from The Fairy's Kiss
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Tan Dun (arr. Bas Apswoude): 8 Memories in Watercolor: 5. Ancient Burial; 8. Sun Rain
Amstel Saxophone Quartet
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Hour 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: 5 Variations on "Rule Britannia" in D, WoO 79
Melvyn Tan, fortepiano
The Beethoven Broadwood Fortepiano
EMI 54526
Gioachino Rossini: Duetto in D Major for Cello and Double Bass
Bion Tsang, cello; DaXun Zhang, double bass
Bates Recital Hall, Butler School of Music, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95, "Serioso"
Danish String Quartet
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Rose Studio at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Malcolm Arnold: A Grand Grand Overture: For Three Vacuum Cleaners, One Floor Polisher, and Concert Band, Op. 57
United States Marine Band; Colonel Michael J. Colburn, conductor
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
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