Poster River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Houston, TX
www.roco.org, photograph by Jeff Grass
Performance Today®

River Oaks Chamber Orchestra

On Saturday's Performance Today, hear the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra's world premiere performance of Jabberwocky, by composer Anthony DiLorenzo. Also featured are performances by the Shanghai String Quartet, Miami String Quartet, the London Symphony Orchestra, and more.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Felix Mendelssohn: Hexenlied "Witches' Song" Op. 8, No. 8
Daniel Hope, violin; Sebastian Knauer, piano
Daniel Hope, Mendelssohn
DG 477 6634

Felix Mendelssohn: Auf Flugeln des Gesanges "On Wings of Song" Op. 34, No. 2
Daniel Hope, violin; Sebastian Knauer, piano
Daniel Hope, Mendelssohn
DG 477 6634

Mikhail Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Greenville Symphony Orchestra; Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor
Peace Center for the Performing Arts, Greenville, SC

Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Caroline Cassil from Sutherlin, OR

Felix Mendelssohn: Twelve Fugues for String Quartet No. 10
The Shanghai String Quartet
Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY

Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80 No. 6
Miami String Quartet: Benny Kim, violin; Cathy Meng Robinson, violin; Scott Lee, viola; Keith Robinson, cello
Viginia Arts Festival, Robin Hixon Theater, Norfolk, VA

Hour 2

Leos Janacek: In the Mists: Movement 1
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Janacek: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 - In the Mists etc
Virgin 91222

Leos Janacek: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Miriam Fried, violin; Jonathan Biss, piano
92nd Street Y, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY

The Barbican Centre, London, England: Overture to "Ruy Blas", op. 95
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
The Barbican Centre, London, England
**Classical Live - available on Google Play**

Anthony DiLorenzo: Jabberwocky
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Alastair Willis, conductor
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX

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