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Performance Today for Monday, February 18, 2008

Episode Playlist

John Knowles Paine: Funeral March in Memory of President Lincoln, Op. 9
Pianist Denver Oldham

Aaron Jay Kernis: Too Hot Toccata
The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic with conductor James MacMillan

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Concerto No. 5 in D from "Pieces de clavecin en concerts"
Tempesta di Mare

Valerie Coleman: "Paris 1925" and "Les Milandes" from "Portraits of Josephine Baker"
The Imani Winds

Traditional: "At the River"
Baritone Bryn Terfel with pianist Brian Zeger

Aaron Copland: "Lincoln Portrait"
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with conductor Chelsea Tipton and narrator Andrew Young

John Adams: "China Gates"
Pianist Nicolas Hodges

Milton Ager and Jack Yellen: "Happy Days Are Here Again"
The North Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, Miskolc, with conductor Laszlo Kovacs

C. Luckeyeth ("Luckey") Roberts: "Junkman's Rag"
The North Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, Miskolc, with conductor Laszlo Kovacs

John Harbison: "We Shall Overcome,""Ain't Goin' to Study War No More" and "Anniversary Song" from "Songs America Loves to Sing"
The Atlanta Chamber Players

Aaron Copland: "The Dodger,""The Golden Willow Tree" and "Simple Gifts"
Baritone Thomas Hampson and pianist Craig Rutenberg

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216
Violinist Barbora Kolarova and the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra with director and concertmaster Pavel Prantl

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