On Monday's Performance Today, we'll go to a concert at Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles to hear the Los Angeles Philharmonic play a piece that Felix Mendelssohn called his "celebration of a religious revolution."
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Edouard Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole in d minor, Op. 21: 2. Scherzando
Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta conductor
Bruch: Violin Concerto; Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole music
Sony 44717
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, Op. 143: 3. Scherzo: Allegro con spirito, alla Marcia
Jason Vieaux, guitar; Escher String Quartet
Jacques Ibert: Three Pieces Breves: Movements 1, 3
Mimi Stillman, flute; Samuel Nemec, oboe; JJ Koh, clarinet; Catherine Chen, bassoon; Phillip Browne, horn
Lake George Music Festival, St. James Episcopal Church, Lake George, NY
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 107, "Reformation"
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Hour 2
Bela Bartok: For Children, Sz.42 (Hungarian Folk Tunes): No. 6. Hey, Tulip, Tulip!; No. 25. Laszlo Feher Stole a Horse; No. 26. Go Round, Sweetheart, Go Round; No. 20. Drinking Song; No. 10. Walachian Game; No. 21. Parsley and Celery
Paul Galbraith, 8-string guitar
In Every Lake the Moon Shines Full
Delos 3236
Eric Ewazen: Bridgehampton Suite for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello: 1. Fleet and Energetic, 2. Calm and Serene, 3. Joyous and Mirthful
Marya Martin, flute, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violin, Beth Guterman Chu, viola, Edward Arron, cello
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Bela Bartok: Three Rondos on Hungarian Folk Tunes
Max Levinson, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
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