On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll celebrate German composer Richard Strauss' 150th birthday. We'll hear legendary violinist Arnold Steinhardt perform Strauss' Dreams in the Twilight, plus a caller from Kodiak, Alaska will take a crack at solving this week's Piano Puzzler.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor
Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel, Tod und Verklarung
London 400085
Anonymous: Jacaras
Chatham Baroque: Danny Mallon, percussion; Julie Andrijeski, baroque violin; Andrew Fouts, baroque violin; Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba; Scott Pauley, theorbo and baroque guitar
Synod Hall, St. Paul Cathedral, Pittsburgh, PA
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Drew H. from Kodiak, AK
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D
Frank Rosenwein, oboe; Cleveland Orchestra; Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH
Richard Strauss (trans. Jascha Heifetz): Dream in the Twilight
Arnold Steinhardt, violin; Seymour Lipkin, piano
Franklin College Chamber Music Series, Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia; Athens, GA
Hour 2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 6, Corrente
Jeremy Denk, piano
Jeremy Denk J.S. Bach
Azica 71262
Igor Stravinsky: Circus Polka
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
Goran Frost: Klezmer Dances
Martin Frost, clarinet; Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Per Kristian Skalstad, leader
Ojai Music Festival, Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
Lou Harrison: Suite for Symphonic Strings: 1. Estampie, 2. Et in Arcadio Ego
MMDG Music Ensemble (strings only); American String Quartet; Joshua Gersen, conductor
Ojai Music Festival, Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
Lou Harrison: Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan: 3. Belle's Bull
Colin Fowler, piano; red fish blue fish; Joshua Gersen, conductor
Ojai Music Festival, Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
Leos Janacek (arr. Terje Tonnesen): String Quartet No. 1, JW VII/8, "Kreutzer Sonata"
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Terje Tonnesen, conductor
Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
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