Benny Goodman had a keen interest in classical music. In 1947, he asked Aaron Copland for a new piece. Copland listened to all of Goodman's recordings and tried to write something that was a perfect fit. Copland's jazzy Clarinet Concerto, on Saturday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johannes Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, cello, and piano, Op. 114: Movement 4 Allegro
Stanley Drucker, clarinet; Carter Brey, cello; Gerald Robbins, piano
Stanley Drucker Plays Brahms
Elysium 720
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in C Minor, K. 388: Movement 2-4
Frank Rosenwein, oboe; Emily Beare, oboe; Carey Bell, clarinet; Afendi Yusuf, clarinet; Richard King, horn; Lauren Hunt, horn; Catherine Chen, bassoon; Brad Balliett, bassoon
Marlboro Music, Persons Auditorium, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Mike Ryan in Americus, GA
Aaron Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Martin Frost, clarinet; Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, Houston, TX
Hour 2
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quintet in B-flat Major: Movement 2 Andante scherzando
Ian Swensen, violin; Jorja Fleezanis, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Geraldine Walther, viola; David Finckel, cello
Music@Menlo Live
Music@Menlo 20052
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
Matt Haimovitz, cello; Christopher O'Riley, piano
Tippet Rise LLC, The Olivier Music Barn, Fishtail, MT
Kenji Bunch: Aspects of an Elephant
Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61 (selections)
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra; Nikolaj Znaider, conductor
Philharmonie, Luxembourg
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