Claude Debussy's La Mer is a colorful, inventive picture of the sea; a portrait painted with music. On Tuesday's Performance Today we'll hear La Mer performed in concert in the seaside town of Stockholm, Sweden.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Peter Tchaikovsky: Nocturne, Op. 19 in D minor
Nina Kotova, cello; Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor
Philips 462612
Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Johann Joachim Quantz: Quartet in E minor, QV 4:9: 1. Vivace; 2. Grave; 3. Allegro
Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players: Gwyn Roberts, flute; Emlyn Ngai, violin; Karina Fox, viola; Adam Pearl, harpsichord
Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA
Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C major for Strings, Op. 48: 1. Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo - Allegro moderato; 2. Walzer: Moderato - Tempo di valse; 3. Elegie: Larghetto elegiaco; 4. Finale (Temo Russo): Andante - Allegro con spirito
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Roberto Abbado, conductor
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, MN
Hour 2
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in D Major, K. 29
Murray Perahia, piano
Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti
Sony 62785
Julio Medaglia: Suite Belle Epoque in Sud-Amerika
Imani Winds
San Antonio Chamber Music Society, Temple Beth-El, San Antonio, TX
Claude Debussy: La Mer
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Robin Ticciati, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in F minor, K. 466
Alexandra Dariescu, piano
George Enescu International Festival, Grand Palace Hall, Bucharest, Romania
Domenico Scarlatti (arr. Fred Hemke): Sonata No. 44
Ancia Saxophone Quartet
Bethlehem Music Series, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN
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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.
Hosted by Valerie Kahler, Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country.
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