Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles has a pipe organ with a distinctive look. It has the friendly nickname...the "French Fries." We'll hear those french fries in action, in a world premiere of a new concerto by Nico Muhly. On this edition of Performance Today, Organist James McVinnie and the L.A. Philharmonic present Register, for Organ and Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Alonso Lobo: Versa est in luctum
The King's Singers
Gold
Signum 500
Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite from the Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Nico Muhly: Register, for Organ and Orchestra (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
James McVinnie, organ; Los Angeles Philharmonic; James Conlon, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
John David: You are the New Day
The King's Singers
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
John Legend: All of Me
The King's Singers
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture from 'La Clemenza di Tito'
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
The Mozart Experience
Conifer 55031
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Flute Concerto in D minor, H. 484.1
Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Aspen Chamber Symphony; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
Antonio Carlos Jobim: The Girl from Ipanema
Harlem Quartet
UCCS Presents/Classical 88.7 KCME/Adventure Culture Fund, Ent Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot: Nessun dorma
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor
The #1 Opera Album
London/Decca 467632
Virgil Thomson: The River - Suite: Movements 3-4
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Hanson: Symphony No. 2 Thomson: Suites
EMI 6612
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