During a solemn ceremony, as Prince Charles was making John Eliot Gardiner a knight, the prince bent down and whispered in the conductor's ear: "thanks for the cows!" On Thursday's Performance Today, the story behind that comment, and we'll hear Sir John Eliot Gardiner lead the London Symphony in concert.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Gioachino Rossini (arr. Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco): The Barber of Seville, paraphrase on "Largo al factotum"
Gil Shaham, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
The Fiddler of the Opera
DG 447 640
Claude Debussy: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
The Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
Bill Whelan: Riverdance: A Symphonic Suite
RTE National Symphony Orchestra; David Brophy, conductor
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
Johann Sebastian Bach: Gavotte en Rondeau (solo encore)
Gil Shaham, violin; from a concert with Los Angeles Philharmonic; Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Hour 2
Frederic Chopin: Preludes Op. 28, No. 13 in F-sharp Major & No. 21 in B Major
Martha Argerich, piano
Music of the Night
Deutsche Grammophon 457992
Emmanuel Chabrier: Espana, Rhapsodie
Aspen Festival Orchestra; Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
Frederic Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 "The Reformation", Op. 107 (excerpts)
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
The Barbican Theatre, London, England
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