They didn't have organized fan clubs back in the 1800s, but if there had been one for Wagner, Anton Bruckner would have been the president. He idolized Wagner, and wrote his seventh symphony as a tribute to him. We'll hear the Adagio from Bruckner's seventh symphony, performed by the Cleveland Orchestra and conductor Franz Welser-Most.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Camille Saint-Saens: "Air de ballet d'Ascanio"
Flutist Julia Bogorad-Kogan and pianist Margo Garrett
Betty Olivero: "Der Golem" from "Six Yiddish Songs and Dances"
Clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein with the Daedalus Quartet
Brooks Center, Clemson, South Carolina
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Andante in D, FWV L:D15bis
Tempesta di Mare
St. Mark's Church, Philadelphia
"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Don Smith from Madison, Wisconsin.
Camille Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1
Cellist Xavier Phillips with the Orchestra of the Suisse Romande and conductor Marek Janowski
Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
Hour 2
John W. Duarte: "Folk Song" from "English Suite," Op. 31
Guitarist Sharon Isbin
William Simmes: "Fancy a 5"
The American Brass Quintet
Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York City
John Ward: Fancy No. 11 "Cor Mio"
The American Brass Quintet
Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York City
Giovanni Coperario: "Fancy a 5"
The American Brass Quintet
Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York City
Frederick Delius: Andante Scherzando from Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano
Violinist Ani Kavafian and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
Peter Maxwell Davies: "Farewell to Stromness"
Pianist David Owen Norris
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
Anton Bruckner: Adagio from Symphony No. 7 in E
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Franz Welser-Most
Severance Hall, Cleveland
Howard Shore: Three Pieces from "The Departed"
Guitarists Sharin Isbin and Mattias Jacobsson
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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