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On Friday's Performance Today, Boson Mo, our Young Artist in Residence, will tell us where to get the best Szechuan food in Houston, and how to find color in a nocturne by French composer Lili Boulanger.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka, Op. 117
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
New Year's Concert 2009
London/Decca 1256902

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in A, Wq 172
Norwegian Radio Orchestra; Paul Watkins, cello and conductor
Radio Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway

Igor Stravinsky: Three movements from Petrouchka
Yuja Wang, piano
The Frederic Chopin Society, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN

Franz Joseph Haydn: Finale from Symphony No. 45 in f# minor: 4. Finale: Presto - Adagio
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
New Year's Concert 2009
London/Decca 1256902

Hour 2

Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dances- Furiant, Op. 46, No. 8
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
Dvorak Symphony No. 9 and Slavonic Dances
Teldec 73244

Jonathan Bartz: Diary of Private Lives
Lauren Seidel, oboe; Megan Dvorak, English horn; St. Olaf Band; Timothy Mahr, conductor
Skoglund Center Auditorium, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

PT Young Artist in Residence: Boson Mo, violin

Lili Boulanger: Two Pieces for Violin and Piano: 1. Nocturne
Boson Mo, violin; Andrew Staupe, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN

Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time: 8. Praise to the Immortality of Jesus Christ
Boson Mo, violin; Andrew Staupe, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN

Anton Webern: Im Sommerwind
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY

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