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Enigma in Toronto

Whatever the enigma is behind Edward Elgar's "Enigma Variations" - and we've had theories posited on Performance Today - it's still magnificent music, a grand showcase for an outstanding orchestra. Peter Oundjian will lead one, the Toronto Symphony, at a concert in Toronto.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Georges Bizet: Carillon from L'Arlesienne Suite No.1
The Toronto Symphony, Andrew Davis, conductor

Yu Shi Wang: Sunflowers
Yundi Li, piano
Festival Theater, Baden-Baden, Germany

Francis Poulenc: Rondo from Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano
Christian Wetzel, oboe, Dag Jensen, bassoon, Andreas Bach, piano
Spannungen Chamber Music Festival, Heimbach, Germany

Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Peter Oundjian, conductor
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Church Sonatas in E-flat, K. 67, and F, K. 244
Ani Kavafian and Tien-Hsin Wu, violins, Peter Wiley, cello, James Welch, organ
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California

Hour 2

Ludwig van Beethoven: Scherzo from Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36
Marlboro Music Festival Orchestra, Pablo Casals, conductor
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont

Ernst von Dohnanyi: Concert Etude No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 28
Roberto Plano, piano
Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances No. 18 in D, No. 19 in B Minor, and No. 21 in E Minor
The French National Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, conductor
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France

Brad Sayles: Buffalo Bayou Suite
The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Robert Moody, conductor
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 3 in E-flat, K. 166
Musicians from the Marlboro Music Festival
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont

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