What happens when you put familiar, happy Christmas tunes in a minor key? We'll find out on Tuesday's Performance Today, when we hear the Dallas Winds play David Lovrien's "Minor Alterations".
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Frederick Delius: La Calinda
Halle Orchestra; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor
Delius Orchestral Works
EMI 65119
Traditional Sephardic: Los Siete Hijos de Hanna
Piffaro; Julianne Baird, soprano
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Traditional Sephardic: Quita'l tas
Piffaro; Julianne Baird, soprano
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Springer Auditorium, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
Frederick Delius: Sleigh Ride
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Chrysler Hall, Norfolk, VA
Sounds of the Seasons
Hampton Roads Classics 007
Hour 2
Johan Halvorsen: Entry March of the Boyars
Dallas Winds; Frederick Fennell, conductor
Fennell Favorites
Reference 43
David Lovrien: Minor Alterations (Christmas Through the Looking Glass)
Dallas Winds; Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto in C Major for Flute and Harp, K. 299/297c
Robert Langevin, flute; Nancy Allen, harp; New York Philharmonic; Lorin Maazel, conductor
Avery Fischer Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Max Janowski: The Sun Goes Down
Chicago a cappella
Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville, IL
Harold Darke: In the Bleak Midwinter
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge; Andrew Nethsinga, conductor
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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