Imagine a few eggs on a bed of straw. Suddenly, little legs poke through the shells and the eggs stand up and start dancing around - that's what happens in the Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks, from Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition." On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear that piece from a concert by the Houston Symphony.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
George Gershwin (arr. Jonathan Tunick): But Not For Me
Joshua Bell, violin; London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
Gershwin Fantasy
Sony 60659
Nils Frahm: Hammers
Remy von Kesteren, harp; Eric Vloeimans, trumpet
Alicia de Larrocha Hall, L'Auditori, Barcelona, Spain
Manuel de Falla: Nana, from Siete Canciones populares Espanolas
Remy von Kesteren, harp; Eric Vloeimans, trumpet
Alicia de Larrocha Hall, L'Auditori, Barcelona, Spain
Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Maurice Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition: Movements 1, 3, 5-10, 14-15
Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Jones Hall, Houston, TX
Tomaso Vitali: Chaconne in G minor for Violin and Piano
Joshua Bell, violin; Sam Haywood, piano
Spivey Hall, Morrow, GA
Hour 2
Edvard Grieg: Lyric Piece, Op. 68: Evening in the Mountains
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Grieg: Holberg Suite
DG 437520
Edvard Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13
Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Orion Weiss, piano
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, The Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach, FL
Astor Piazzolla: Concierto para Quinteto
Hector del Curto Quintet
The Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO
Peter Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor for Piano and Orchestra Opus 23: Movements 2-3
Joyce Yang, piano; Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
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