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The LA Phil plays Strauss

Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, by Richard Strauss, is a musical fairytale... a 15-minute orchestral romp that celebrates a crass, anti-establishment prankster. Hear the Los Angeles Philharmonic perform the piece, as well as other concert highlights from around the world, on Thursday's Performance Today.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Richard Strauss: Couperin Dance Suite: Movements 1 & 8
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite / Couperin: Dance Suite
ASV 809

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K.511
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
University of Georgia, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA

Joseph Haydn: Cassation Divertimento in G major, Hob.II:G1 - Movements 1-3,5, 6
Apollo Chamber Players
Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH), Houston, TX

Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA

Hour 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff (arr. Lucien Cailliet): Prelude in G minor, Op 23, No. 5
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
CBC 5143

Franz Schubert: Impromptu No 3 in G-flat (encore)
Inon Barnatan, piano
From a concert with Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN

Andre Lafosse: Suite Impromptu
Justin Rowan, trumpet; Brian Garcia, trumpet; Ashley Salazar, horn; Bret Ryan, trombone; Jacob Small, bass trombone
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44: Movements 2-3
RTE Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Gourlay, conductor
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland

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