Poster River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Houston, TX
www.roco.org, photograph by Jeff Grass
Performance Today®

An orchestra with orbiting wind players

An orchestra on stage... and five wind players orbiting the concert hall; it's an experiential, choreographed concerto. On Saturday's Performance Today, hear the world premiere concert performance of "The Cosmos" by Michael Gilbertson.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 57 in F Major, Hob. XVI/47: Movement 1
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol. 2
Teldec 35794

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 42 in C major, Op. 54/2: Movements 2-4
Attacca Quartet
Virginia Arts Festival, St. John's Episcopal Church, Portsmouth, VA

Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Bob Lagerquist from Eugene, OR

Mily Balakirev: Symphony No. 1 in C: Movements 1 & 2
German Symphony Orchestra; Alan Buribayev, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany

Hour 2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata K. 330 in C Major: Movement I. Allegro moderato
Fazil Say, piano
Mozart - Piano Sonatas and Variations
Atlantic 21970

Marguerite Roesgen-Champion: Suite francaise
Monica Raga, flute; Maria Jesus Avila, harp
Teatro Monumental, Madrid, Spain

Michael Gilbertson: The Cosmos (2016): Movements 2-5
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; David Danzmayr, conductor
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Duo in G major for Violin and Viola, K. 423
Ida Kavafian, violin; Yura Lee, viola
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY

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