Argentine composer and tango master Astor Piazzolla wrote dozens of pieces inspired by tango, but none more ethereal than the one we'll hear called Oblivion. We'll go to a concert by the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, in Houston for music by the tango master on Tuesday's Performance Today from APM.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Silvius Leopold Weiss: Concerto for Lute and Flute in F major, SC 9
Members of Tempesta di Mare: Gwyn Roberts, flute; Richard Stone, lute
Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio in G Major, H.XV.25 - IV. Finale "Gypsy Rondo"
OPUS ONE
Mark O'Connor: March of the Gypsy Fiddler (Triple Concerto for violin, cello, piano, and orchestra)
The Ahn Trio; ProMusica Chamber Orchestra; Timothy Russell, conductor
Southern Theatre, Columbus, Ohio
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto in D Major, FWV L:D8 (North American Premiere)
Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts & Richard Stone, artistic directors
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in g minor - III. Andante
Jamie Walton, cello; Daniel Grimwood, piano
Wigmore Hall, London, England
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito, Overture
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Percy Grainger: English Morris Dance, "Shepherd's Hey"
United States Marine Band; Major Jason K. Fettig, conductor
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Turtle Dove
Choir of Clare College; Tim Brown, director
Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425
Academy Festival Orchesta; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, California
Jacques Ibert: Hommage a Mozart
Music Academy of the West; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, California
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Church of St. John The Divine, Houston, Texas
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