Composer Alberto Ginastera was born one hundred years ago today. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll say feliz cumpleaños to the great Argentine composer, and we'll hear pianist Joyce Yang play his Argentine Dances in concert in Aspen.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Aaron Jay Kernis: Musica Celestis
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Matthew Halls, conductor
Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Alberto Ginastera: Three Argentine Dances (Danzas Argentinas)
Joyce Yang, piano
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO
Antonin Dvorak: Bagatelles, Op. 47
Harumi Rhodes, violin; Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Pedja Muzijevic, harmonium
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Hour 2
Ernest Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21: 2. Sicilienne
Members of the Manhattan Chamber Players
le poisson rouge, New York, NY
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 83 in G minor, Hob.I:83
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Leonidas Kavakos, conductor
Concert Hall, DR Concert House, Copenhagen
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, "Moonlight," Op. 27, No. 2
Paul Lewis, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
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