Performance Today®

Performance Today for Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Episode Playlist

Mikhail Glinka: Overture to "Ruslan and Lyudmila"
The Kirov Orchestra with conductor Valery Gergiev

Antonio Vivaldi: "O'Stravaganza" (based upon RV 168
La Tempesta and the Celtic Band

The Piano Puzzler

Sergei Taneyev: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 12
The Kirov Orchestra with conductor Valery Gergiev

Sergei Taneyev: String Quartet No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 4
The Orion String Quartet

Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 46
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Rafael Kubelik

Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C
The Bergen Woodwind Quintet

Jean Sibelius: "Valse Triste"
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons

Richard Strauss: Waltz from "Der Rosenkavalier"
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons

Francisco Tarrega: "Capricho Arabe"
Guitarist Jason Vieaux

Fernando Sor: Variations on a Theme from Mozart's "The Magic Flute"
Guitarist Jason Vieaux

Pat Metheny: "The Bat"
Guitarist Jason Vieaux

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