When Claude Debussy wrote music for the ballet "Jeux," he was picturing a game of tennis between two women and one young man. In tennis, "love" means nothing; in Debussy's music, love is everything. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll hear romance and seduction on the courts, from a concert by the New York Philharmonic.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Georg Philipp Telemann: Burlesque de Quichotte: Movements 1-7
Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone, artistic directors
Philadelphia, PA
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is David Hempling from San Francisco, CA
Claude Debussy: Jeux
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Hour 2
Claude Debussy: Estampes: 1. Pagodes; 2. La soiree dans Grenade
Stephen Hough, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Jerome Moross: Symphony No. 1
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Astor Piazzolla: Tango Suite: 2. Andante, rubato, melancolico; 3. Allegro
Ancia Saxophone Quartet
Rochester Chamber Music Society, Christ United Methodist Church, Rochester, MN
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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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