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Proms 2011

Every summer in London, classical music becomes a pop-culture phenomenon, thanks to the festival called the BBC Proms. Prom is short for promenade, and if you're willing to prom, that is, stand during the concert, you can get in for about eight bucks. We'll get you in to the 2011 Proms for free, starting today. Renaud and Gautier Capucon play the Brahms Double Concerto with the Radio France Philharmonic.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

George Frideric Handel: Air with Variations (the Harmonious Blacksmith), from Keyboard Suite No. 5 in E
The London Brass

Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello, Op. 102
Renaud Capucon, violin, Gautier Capucon, cello, the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England

John Tavener: As One Who Has Slept
The Montreal Early Music Studio, Christopher Jackson, director
Saint-Leon-de-Westmount Church, Montreal, Quebec

George Frideric Handel: Passacaglia from Suite No. 7 in G Minor for Harpsichord
Renaud Capucon, violin, Gautier Capucon, cello
The BBC Proms, London, England

Hour 2

Luigi Boccherini: Minuet from Quintet for Two Violins, Viola, and Two Cellos, Op. 28, No. 2, G. 308
Pina Carmirelli and Michaela Paetsch, violins, Toby Hoffman, viola, Ramon Bolipata and Gary Hoffman, cellos

Carl Nielsen: Serenata in Vano
Marlboro Musicians
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont

Dmitri Shostakovich: Das Gluck (Luck), from Songs on Hebrew Folk Themes
Benita Valente, soprano, Glenda Maurice, mezzo-soprano, Jon Humphrey, tenor, Luis Batlle, piano
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont

Johannes Brahms: First movement from String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36
Marlboro Musicians
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont

Camille Saint-Saens: Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs, Op. 79
Marlboro Musicians
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont

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