A new take on the Danse Macabre

Performance Today - May 13, 2022
1:59:00
Join us for a wildly creative new version of the Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens, featuring the Anderson and Roe Piano Duo (and friends) from a concert at the Grand Teton Music Festival.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Erkki Melartin: Pastorale
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Ilpo Mansnerus, conductor
Album: Music by Erkki Melartin
YLE
Henry Purcell and Thomas Ades: Fantasia upon One Note, Z. 745, & Dawn, Chacony for Orchestra at any Distance
Hannu Vasara, Kaisa Kallinen, violins | Jukka Rautasalo, viola da gamba | Timo Alanen, viola da gamba | Miika Uuksulainen, viola da gamba | Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Nicholas Collon, conductor
Musiikkitalo, Helsinki, Finland
John Alden Carpenter: Skyscrapers
London Symphony Orchestra | Kenneth Klein, conductor
Album: John Alden Carpenter: Skyscrapers
EMI 49263
Camille Saint-Saens Arr. Greg Anderson: Danse Macabre
Greg Anderson, piano | Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano | Lydia Umlauf, violin | Richard Brown, percussion | John Kinzie, percussion
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Hour 2
Claudio Monteverdi: "Zefiro torna, e di soavi accenti," SV 251, from Scherzi Musicali
Jeremy Denk, piano
Album: Jeremy Denk c. 1300-2000
Nonesuch 563316
Anna Clyne: Stride
ROCO
St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
Felix Mendelssohn: Variations serieuses in D minor, Op. 54
Jeremy Denk, piano
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
Erwin Schulhoff: Suite for Chamber Orchestra, Op. 37
English Symphony Orchestra | Kenneth Woods, conductor
English Symphony Orchestra, Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK