It's a story of music inspired by a complicated love triangle and a song with mysterious power. Hear Joshua Bell play the "Poeme" by Ernest Chausson, on Saturday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ernest Chausson: Chamber Concerto: Sicilienne
David Lefevre, violin; Alcan Quartet
Chausson: Concert - Mathieu: Trio & Quintette
Analekta 9286
Bernard Andres: Algues, from Seven Pieces for Flute and Harp
Monica Raga, flute; Maria Jesus Avila, harp
Teatro Monumental, Madrid, Spain
Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1
Monica Raga, flute; Maria Jesus Avila, harp
Teatro Monumental, Madrid, Spain
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Cynthia Sibitzky from Haslett, TX
Ernest Chausson: Poeme, for violin and orchestra, Op. 25
Joshua Bell, violin; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Harding, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Hour 2
Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor, Op. 30: Movement 2
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Tchaikovsky: St. Lawrence String Quartet
EMI 57144
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (arr. Hector Berlioz): La Marseillaise
Andrea Guiot, soprano; Claude Cales, baritone; Choir of the National Theater of the Opera of Paris; Little Singers of the Wooden Cross; Orchestra of Paris; Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor
La Marseillaise
EMI 47647
Claude Debussy: Suite Bergamasque: Movement 3 'Clair de Lune'
Leon Fleisher, piano
String Theory at the Hunter, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
John Adams: Absolute Jest
St. Lawrence String Quartet; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Ramin Djawadi (arr. Robin Smith): Medley from Game of Thrones
2CELLOS: Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, cellos; London Symphony Orchestra; Robin Smith, conductor
2CELLOS: Score
Sony 88985349122
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