French composer Claude Debussy spent exactly one day of his life in Spain, but he could write some amazingly Spanish sounding music. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll drop into a concert in Tennessee to hear a Nashville Symphony performance of "Iberia" from Images for Orchestra by Claude Debussy.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Claude Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp (1915): Movement 3
Ransom Wilson, flute; Paul Neubauer, viola; Nancy Allen, harp
Debussy: Complete Chamber Music
Delos 3167
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Two Movements for String Quartet
Escher String Quartet
Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Richard Baum, Houston, TX
Claude Debussy: Iberia, from 'Images'
Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
Hour 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: 5 Variations on "Rule Britannia" in D, WoO 79
Melvyn Tan, fortepiano (Beethoven's own)
Macalester College, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, St. Paul, MN
The Beethoven Broadwood Fortepiano
EMI 54526
George Gershwin (arr. Silverman): Selected Songs for Clarinet and Strings
Stanislav Chernyshev, clarinet; Ida Kavafian, violin; Theodore Arm, violin; Bryony Gibson-Cornish, viola; Will Chow, cello
Music from Angel Fire, Shuler Theater, Raton, NM
Ludwig van Beethoven: Six Variations on an Original Theme in F, Op. 34
Boris Berman, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Grand Hall, Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH
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Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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