Performance Today for Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Engelbert Humperdinck: "The Witch's Ride" from "Hansel and Gretel" The Philharmonia Orchestra with conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
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Engelbert Humperdinck: "The Witch's Ride" from "Hansel and Gretel" The Philharmonia Orchestra with conductor Sir Charles Mackerras

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G, Op. 32, no. 5 Pianist Wu Han

Johann Sebastian Bach: Gavotte from English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808, and Prelude in D Major, BWV 850 Violinist Renaud Capucon and cellist Gautier Capucon

Traditional: "Spanish Jigg,""Spagnoletta" and "The Spanish Measures" Terry McKenna and John Edwards, lutes, and Ben Grossman, percussion

Edwin York Bowen: Second movement from Sonata No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 72 Pianist Stephen Hough

Johann Sebastian Bach: Gavotte from English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808, and Prelude in D Major, BWV 850 Violinist Renaud Capucon and cellist Gautier Capucon

Peter Tchaikovsky: "January: By the Fireside" from "The Seasons," Op. 37B Pianist Wu Han

Franz Schubert: Violin Sonata in A minor, D. 385 Andrew Manze, violin; Richard Egarr, fortepiano

Ralph Vaughn Williams: Fantasia on "Greensleeves" The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra