Maurice Ravel wrote his Mother Goose Suite as piano pieces for children. But then he realized that fairy tales aren't just for children, and he turned the music into a lush piece for full orchestra. On Thursday's Performance Today we'll hear a Ravel's Mother Goose Orchestral Suite performed by the New York Philharmonic.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Richard Strauss: Couperin Dance Suite: 1. Entrance and Festive Round; 8. March
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Couperin Suites
ASV 809
Johann Christian Bach: Quintet in G major for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola, and Continuo, Op. 11, No. 2
Sooyun Kim, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Nelson Lee, violin; Mark Holloway, viola; Kurt Muroki, double bass
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn: Untitled
Bela Fleck, banjo; Abigail Washburn, banjo
Savannah Music Festival, Lucas Theatre for the Arts, Savannah, GA
Traditional (arr. Abigail Washburn): His Eye is on the Sparrow
Abigail Washburn, banjo
Savannah Music Festival, Lucas Theatre for the Arts, Savannah, GA
Richard Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
Hour 2
Frederic Chopin: Sonata for Piano and Cello in G Minor, Op. 65: 2. Scherzo: Allegro con brio
Wu Han, piano; David Finkel, cello
Grieg Schumann Chopin, David Finkel and Wu Han
ArtistLed 19701
Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Symphony in F major, JC 36: 1. Vivace
Milano Classica; Marcello Scandelli, director and first cellist
Savannah Friends of Music, First Baptist Church, Savannah, GA
Franz Joseph Haydn: Flute Trio No. 17 in F Major
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, SC
Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
New York Philharmonic; David Robertson, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Grizzly Bear (arr. Brian Smith): Foreground
Revien: Brian Smith, guitar; Kyle Dawkins, guitar; Phil Snyder, cello
Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Robert Schumann: Spanische Liebeslieder, Op. 138: 8: Hoch, hoch sind die Berge (High, High Are the Mountains)
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Wu Han, piano
Music@Menlo, The Center for the Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52: 9. Am Donaustrande (On the Danube Shore)
Erin Morley, soprano; Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Paul Appleby, tenor; Kelly Markgraf, baritone; Wu Han, piano
Music@Menlo, The Center for the Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Franz Liszt: Two Concert Etudes, S145/R6: 2. Gnomenreigen (The Gnomes' Dance)
George Li, piano
WGBH Fraser Performance Studio, Boston, MA
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