Performance Today®

Performance Today for Friday, December 7, 2007

Episode Playlist

Cecil Burleigh: "Moto Perpetuo"
Violinist Jascha Heifetz and pianist Milton Kaye

Sergei Prokofiev: Etude, Op. 2, No. 3
Pianist Evgeny Kissin

Frederic Chopin: Etude No. 8 in F Major, Op. 10
Pianist Vladimir Horowitz

Moritz Moszkowski: Etude No. 11 in A-flat Major, Op. 72
Pianist Vladimir Horowitz

John Stafford Smith: "The Star-Spangled Banner"
The New York Philharmonic with conductor Leonard Bernstein

Ludwig van Beethoven: Finale from Symphony No. 9 ("Choral")
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with conductor Leonard Bernstein

Johann Strauss: "Vergnugungszug" Polka
The National Symphony Orchestra with cellist Mstislav Rostropovich

John Philip Sousa: "Stars and Stripes Forever"
The National Symphony Orchestra with conductor Mstislav Rostropovich

James Cohn: "Night Song" from Evocations: Concerto No. 2 for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 75
Clarinetist Jon Manasse with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Vakhtang Jordania

Mark O'Connor: Waltz from "Soppin' the Gravy"
Mark O’Connor's Appalachia Waltz Trio

Carl Maria von Weber: Excerpts from Grand Duo Concertant
Clarinetist Jon Manasse and pianist Jon Nakamatsu

John Novacek: "Fourth Street Rag" and "Full Stride Ahead"
Clarinetist Jon Manasse and pianist Jon Nakamatsu

Robert Schumann: Overture to "Manfred"
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London with conductor Dirk Joeres

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