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Suits and sneakers

If you've ever been to a concert by the Canadian Brass, you've noticed that they violate a cardinal rule of men's fashion. They wear white athletic sneakers with formal black pants. On Monday's Performance today, we have music from the Canadian Brass and the secret behind their fashion faux-pas.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Antonin Dvorak (arr. Fritz Kreisler): Sonatina for violin and piano, Op. 100
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Patricia Zander, piano
Kreisler, Paganini: Works
Sony 37280

Franz Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole (Spanish Rhapsody), S.254, R.90
Jenny Chen, piano
Tippet Rise, LLC, The Olivier Music Barn, Fishtail, MT

Antonin Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104: Movements 2 & 3
Daniel Muller-Schott, cello; SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg; Tito Munoz, conductor
20th Heidelberg Spring Festival, Congress House, Stadthalle, Heidelberg, Germany

George Gershwin: Porgy & Bess Medley
Canadian Brass
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA

Hour 2

Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101: Movement 3
Beaux Arts Trio
Brahms: The Piano Trios
Philips 416 838

Richard Wagner (arr. Franz Liszt): Overture to Tannhauser
Sean Chen, piano
Strings Music Festival, Strings Music Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO

Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108: Movement 1
Min Kym, violin; Ian Brown, piano
Gone, the Album: Min Kym
Warner 0190295838300

Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra; Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland

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