On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll bring you seasonal musical highlights from across the country and around the world; Christmas music from near and far. Plus, from a concert in Riga, Latvia, we'll hear the young ensemble Sinfonietta Riga play Charles Gounod's Symphony No. 1.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Charles Gounod: Concert Waltz from Faust
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
Delibes/Coppelia/Chopin/Gounod - Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Philips 438763
Gustav Holst: The Planets Op. 32: 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Mary Preston, organ; Dallas Winds; Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
Charles Gounod: Symphony No. 1 in D
Sinfonietta Riga; Andris Poga, conductor
Great Guild Hall, Riga, Latvia
Franz Gruber: Silent night
Eva Beneke, guitar; Scott Tennant, guitar
In Dulci Jubilo
GSI 700261980102
William Mathias: Hodie Christus natus est
Chicago a capella
Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL
Juan Garcia de Zespedes: Convidando esta la noche
Chicago a capella
Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL
Hour 2
John Adams: China Gates
Nicolas Hodges, piano
Nonesuch 79699
Francesco Veracini: Overture VI in G minor for two oboes, bassoon, and strings
Shai Kribus, oboe; Venice Baroque Orchestra; Andrea Marcon, conductor & harpsichordist
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Christmas Medley (arr. Philip and Pam Boulding): What Child is This/Wexford Carol/Winter Into Spring
Magical Strings: Pam Boulding, hammered dulcimer; Philip Boulding, harp
Northwest Focus LIVE, Seattle, WA
Ottorino Respighi (arr. WindSync): Trittico Botticelliano for Orchestra: L'adorazione dei Magi
WindSync
The Schubert Club, Saint Anthony Park United Church of Christ, St. Paul, MN
Alexander Glazunov: Winter: Snow
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Chrysler Hall, Norfolk, VA
John Adams: Son of Chamber Symphony: Movements 2, 3
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, music director
Royce Hall, Westwood, CA
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