Poster Bargemusic
Concertgoers arriving at Bargemusic
Joan Tedeschi
Performance Today®

Bargemusic

It's a concert hall inside an old barge, floating on the East River in Brooklyn. From your concert seat, you can see the Manhattan skyline and feel the movement of the river. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll go to Bargemusic to hear music by Bach.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Antonin Dvorak: Rusalka Polonaise
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
Exotic Dances from the Opera

Franz Liszt: Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli
Adria Ye, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO

Roberto Sierra: Folias
Celil Refik Kaya, guitar; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY

Ernst von Dohnanyi: Serenade for String Trio in C Major, Op. 10
Accordo: Kyu-Young Kim, violin; Rebecca Albers, viola; Anthony Ross, cello
Christ Church Lutheran, Minneapolis, MN

Hour 2

Sergei Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119: 2. Moderato
Truls Mork, cello; Lars Vogt, piano
Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Prokofiev
Virgin 45274

Dmitri Shostakovich: Waltz No. 2 from Jazz Suite No. 2
Jan Vogler, cello; the Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
Experience: Live from New York
Sony 88697469852

Dmitri Shostakovich: Waltz from the film, "The Gadfly," Op. 97
Jan Vogler, cello; the Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
Experience: Live from New York
Sony 88697469852

Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin: Garmoshka
Johnny Gandelsman, violin; Colin Jacobsen, violin; the Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
Experience: Live from New York
Sony 88697469852

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23, K 488
Lars Vogt, piano; Heimbach Strings
Heimbach Spannungen Festival, Heimbach Hydroelectric Power Station, Eifel Hills, Germany
Spannungen: Musik Im Kraftwerk Heimbach
Avi-music 8553100

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050: 2. Affetuoso
Robert Wolinsky, harpsicord; Ik-Hwan Bae, solo violin; Michael Parloff, flute; Theodore Arm, violin; Misha Amory, viola; Fred Sherry, cello; Peter Lloyd, bass
Old coffee barge, Fulton Ferry Landing near Brooklyn Bridge, New York, NY
Brandenburgs from the barge Koch

Dmitri Shostakovich: Waltz from Michurin
Jan Vogler: cello; The Knights
Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
Experience: Live from New York
Sony 88697469852

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