On Friday's Performance Today, we have romantic, dramatic music by Rachmaninoff from a concert in Los Angeles. Lise de la Salle tearing up the piano, while Gustavo Dudamel conducts the LA Philharmonic in Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Wind Serenade in C minor: 2. Andante
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola, and Cello in F Major, K. 370 (K. 368b)
John Snow, oboe; Stefan Jackiw, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Michael Nicolas, cello
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, The Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Lise de la Salle, piano; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Hershey Kay: Pat-A-Pan: A Fantasy
St. Olaf Orchestra; Steven Amundson, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Skoglund Center Auditorium, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Hour 2
Claude Debussy: Reverie
Frederique Cambreling, harp
Viet Cuong: Moth
Brooklyn Wind Symphony; Jeff W. Ball, conductor
The Midwest Clinic, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
Philip Boulding: O Come Little Children/Celestial Winds
Magical Strings: Philip Boulding, harp; Pam Boulding, dulcimer
KING FM Northwest Focus LIVE, Seattle, WA
Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16
Sinfonia da Camera; Ian Hobson, conductor
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
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