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Beethoven's monumental Eroica Sympony

Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 is a monumental work, and on Monday's Performance Today we will hear it from a gorgeous location; nestled right between the Cascade mountains and Puget Sound. The Eroica symphony, from a concert at the Bellingham Music Festival in Washington State.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Alina Ibragimova, violin
Oriol Martorell Hall, L'Auditori, Barcelona, Spain

Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 40, H. I/40
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christian Zacharias, conductor
Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, MN

Paul McCartney: Here, There, and Everywhere
Frank Gabriel Campos, trumpet; Nicholas Walker, bass
Hockett Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

Jay Ungar: Ashokan Farewell
Frank Gabriel Campos, trumpet
Hockett Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

Hour 2

Camille Saint-Saens: Africa in G Minor for Piano, Op. 89
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Performing Arts Center, Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica": Movements 3-4
Bellingham Festival Orchestra; Michael Palmer, conductor
Bellingham Festival of Music, Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA

Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Clarinet Sonata, op. 28
Joaquin Valdepenas, clarinet; Anton Nel, piano
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO

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