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Emma Resmini performs in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio in St. Paul, Minn.
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Emma Resmini

When Emma Resmini was a young girl, she didn't come out and tell her parents that she wanted to play the flute, but she had some interesting ways of hinting at it. On Tuesday's Performance Today, flutist Emma Resmini performs 'Undine' by Carl Reinecke, at the New York Flute Club.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

John Adams: China Gates
Nicolas Hodges, piano
John Adams: Road Movies
Nonesuch 79699

Francis Poulenc: Flute Sonata, FP 164
Sooyun Kim, flute; Pei-Shan Lee, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA

John Adams: Doctor Atomic Symphony: Movement 3
Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX

Jens Kruger: Lucid Dreamer: Movement 4-7
Kruger Brothers; Kontras Quartet
Yadkin Arts Council, Yadkin Cultural Arts Center, Yadkinville, NC

Hour 2

Franz Liszt: Paganini Etude No. 2 In E major
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Summer Night Concert: Schonbrunn 2010
DG 4763793

Carl Reinecke: Sonata "Undine" Op. 167
Emma Resmini, flute; Bora Lee, piano
New York Flute Club, Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York, NY

Astor Piazzolla (arr. Jeff Scott): Contrabajissimo
Imani Winds
Beaches Fine Arts, St. Paul's by the Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4: Movements 2-3
Yefim Bronfman, piano; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA

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