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Inspiring Ravel

Maurice Ravel met a Hungarian violinist named Jelly D'Aranyi at a party. Ravel was so enthralled by the Gypsy tunes she played that night that he went home and wrote a piece of music for her. On Wednesday's Performance Today, hear Maurice Ravel's "Tzigane" performed by Joshua Bell and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

George Gershwin: Variations on "I Got Rhythm"
Joshua Bell, violin; London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
Gershwin Fantasy
Sony 60659

Ernst von Dohnanyi: Serenade in C major, Op. 10
New York Principals
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL

Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Nathan Stodola from Brooklyn, NY

Maurice Ravel: Tzigane, for violin and orchestra Lento, quasi cadenza
Joshua Bell, violin; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Harding, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden

Hour 2

P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele): Prelude and Fugue No. 1 and No. 2
Christopher O'Riley, piano
PDQ Bach: The Short-Tempered Clavier and Other Dysfunctional Works for Keyboard
Telarc 80390

Luigi Cherubini: Overture to Ali Baba, or The Forty Thieves
Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR

August Klughardt: 5 Schilflieder for Oboe, Viola, and Piano, Op. 28
James Austin Smith, oboe; Daniel Phillips, viola; Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33 No. 2 'The Joke'
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC

Malcolm Arnold: A Grand Grand Overture: For Three Vacuum Cleaners, One Floor Polisher, and Concert Band, Op. 57
United States Marine Band
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA

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