After a holiday weekend, there's often a big clean-up that has to take place. So on Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll help out with a special piece by Malcolm Arnold; his Grand Overture for Vacuum Cleaners, Floor Polisher, and Concert Band.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
: 5 Variations on "Rule Britannia" in D, WoO 79
Melvyn Tan, fortepiano
The Beethoven Broadwood Fortepiano
EMI 54526
Gioacchino Rossini
: Duetto in D Major for Cello and Double Bass
Bion Tsang, cello; DaXun Zhang, double bass
Bates Recital Hall, Butler School of Music, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Ludwig van Beethoven
: String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95, "Serioso"
Danish String Quartet
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Rose Studio at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Malcolm Arnold
: A Grand Grand Overture: For Three Vacuum Cleaners, One Floor Polisher, and Concert Band, Op. 57
United States Marine Band; Colonel Michael J. Colburn, conductor
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
Hour 2
Maurice Ravel (orch. Narcis Bonet)
: Three Hebraic Melodies: 2. Mejerke, main Suhn (Chanson Hebraique)
Liat Cohen, guitar Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra Frederic Chaslin, conductor
The Jewish Soul: Liat Cohen, guitar and The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
Centaur 2537
Felix Mendelssohn (arr. Rachmaninoff)
: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
The Cliburn, Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX
Peter Tchaikovsky
: Lullaby
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
The Cliburn, Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX
Maurice Ravel
: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Joaquin Rodrigo
: Fantasia para un Gentilhombre
Ekachai Jearakul, guitar; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
