Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Nine sections of "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini"
Pianist Dmitri Alexeev with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Yuri Temirkanov
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Orion String Quartet
Three Fugues from "The Well-Tempered Klavier" for String Quartet, K. 405
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA
Anonymous: "A New Tune"
The Palladian Ensemble
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Dmitri Shostakovich: Third and fourth movements from Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47
The St. Petersburg Philharmonic with conductor Yuri Temirkanov
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondino in E-flat for Wind Octet, WoO 25
Chicago Chamber Musicians
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
Hour 2
Sergei Prokofiev: Allegro from the "Classical" Symphony
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Vince Guaraldi: "Linus and Lucy"
The Georgia Guitar Quartet
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Kyle Dawkins: "Flight"
The Georgia Guitar Quartet
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Robert Schumann and Paul Chihara: "Overture, Scherzo, and Finale" and "Childhood Dreams"
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Jacques Ibert: "Three Short Pieces"
Musicians from the Oregon Bach Festival
Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, Oregon
Edvard Grieg: Romanze from Quartet No. 1, Op. 27
The Shanghai Quartet
Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, Oregon
Alfred Burt: "Caroling, Caroling" and "We'll Dress the House"
The Bel Canto Company with conductor Welborn E. Young
Christ United Methodist Church, Greensboro, North Carolina
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