After hearing Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8, a critic said the music provided "a glimpse of the infinite." On Tuesday's Performance Today, the Dallas Symphony will give us a peek into the immensity of Bruckner's last completed symphony.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Edgar Meyer & Bela Fleck): Three-Part Invention (Sinfonia) No. 7, BWV 793
Bela Fleck, banjo; Joshua Bell, violin; Edgar Meyer, bass
Perpetual Motion
Sony 89610
Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 6, BWV 777
Bela Fleck, banjo, Edgar Meyer, bass
Perpetual Motion
Sony 89610
Engelbert Humperdinck (arr. Brian Yarkosky): Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel
Seattle Marimba Quartet
In Studio at KING FM, Seattle, WA
Niccolo Paganini (arr. Stephen Goss): Guitar Concerto, Transcription of N. Paganini's Grand Sonata in A, Op. 35: 2. Romanze; 3. Andantino variat
Artyom Dervoed, guitar; Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnov, conductor
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow, Russia
Maurice Ravel (arr. Mason Jones and Marcel Geraeds): Le tombeau de Couperin
Farkas Quintet Amsterdam
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in F Major for oboe, violin, viola, and cello K. 370: 3. Rondo
Gregor Zubicky, oboe; Terje Tonnesen, violin; Lars Anders Tomter, viola; Truls Mork, cello
Mozart: Oboe Quartet; Britten: Phantasy Quartet, 6 Metamorphoses - Truls Mork
Simax 1022
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 6 in D major, K. 239
Bert Witzel, bass; Jim Benoit, timpani; the Dover Quartet, members of the Artosphere Festival Orchestra; Corrado Rovaris, conductor
The Great Hall at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR
Elmer Bernstein/Patrick Russ: "Main Title" from To Kill a Mockingbird
Desirae and Deondra Brown, piano
Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Dario Marianelli: Atonement
5 Browns: Desirae Brown, piano; Deondra Brown, piano; Gregory Brown, piano; Melody Brown, piano; Ryan Brown, piano
The Batte Center, Wingate University, Wingate, NC
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in c minor, WAB 1084: 4. Finale: Feierlich, nicht schnell
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
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