Seven years ago, conductor Marin Alsop became Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony. It's going very well; her contract has been extended through the year 2021. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear Marin Alsop lead the Baltimore Symphony in a concert performance of Dvorak's Symphony No. 7.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joan Tower: Fanfare No. 4 for the Uncommon Woman
Colorado Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman
Koch 7469
Anthony DiLorenzo: Fire Dance
US Air Force Reserve Brass Quintet
Reinhardt College, Waleska, GA
Andrea Falconieri: Passecaille
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor and harpsichordist
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, OH
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD
Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8
Naxos 572112
Hour 2
William Byrd: Galliard from First Pavan and Galliard
Glenn Gould, piano
Great Pianists: Glenn Gould
Phillips 456808
Orlando Gibbons: Allemande (Italian Ground)
Glenn Gould, piano
Great Pianists: Glenn Gould
Phillips 456808
York Bowen: Toccata, Op. 155
Ang Li, piano
Van Cliburn Competition, Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX
William Byrd: Ave Verum Corpus
Chanticleer; Joseph Jennings, conductor
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Benjamin Britten: String Quartet No. 1: 4. Molto vivace
Belcea String Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Thomas Ades: Arcadiana: 6. O Albion
Belcea String Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
William Walton: Sonata for String Orchestra
Scottish Ensemble; Jonathan Morton, artistic director
Wigmore Hall, London
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