Conductor Jeffrey Kahane loves Britten's Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge. He says that it's simultaneously majestic, mysterious, sentimental, hilarious, heartbreaking, dazzlingly cerebral, and in the end, profound. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear it from a concert in Los Angeles.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Alexander Scriabin: Etude in G sharp minor, Op. 8 No. 9 Alla ballata
Yuja Wang, piano
Yuja Wang: Fantasia
DG 16606
Traditional (arr. Reginald Jacques): The Holly and the Ivy
Choral Arts; Robert Bode, Artistic Director, conductor
Northwest Focus Live at Classical KING FM, Seattle, WA
Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque
State Symphonic Band of Sao Paulo; Shawn Smith, conductor
Instituto Pensarte, Sala Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Robert Schumann: Andante and Variations for two pianos
Josu de Solaun, piano; Anna Petrova, piano
Virginia Arts Festival, Robin Hixon Theater, Clay and Jay Barr Education Center, Norfolk, VA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major
Joel Link, violin; Artosphere Festival Orchestra; Corrado Rovaris, conductor
Artosphere Festival, Great Hall, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Hour 2
Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes: 3. Moonlight
Virginia Symphony; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Seascapes: Virginia Symphony
Hampton 004
Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 8, "Wild Jagd"
Yukine Kuroki, piano
The Cliburn, Pepsico Recital Hall, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
Nikolai Kapustin: Prelude, Op. 40, No. 1 from Eight Concert Etudes
Yukine Kuroki, piano
The Cliburn, Pepsico Recital Hall, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
Benjamin Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Traditional: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Oh how a rose e'er blooming)
Eva Beneke, guitar
MPR's Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Franz Gruber: Silent night
Eva Beneke, guitar; Scott Tennant, guitar
MPR's Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Harry T. Carlson (arr. Katherine K. Davis): Swedish Dance Carol
Brigham Young University Concert Choir; Rosalind Hall, conductor
de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT
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