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Performance Today®

The power of musical memories

Hans Christian Anderson once said, "where words fail...music speaks." For stroke survivors and people with Alzheimer's, that can literally be true. On Monday's Performance Today, stories of how music has reconnected people after brain injuries, after strokes, and while living with Alzheimer's.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Francis Poulenc: Two Intermezzos
Pascal Roge, piano
Oeuvres pour piano
London 425862-2

Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto in F Major
Rafal Blechacz, piano
Union College Concert Series, Union College Memorial Chapel, Schenectady, NY

Francis Poulenc: Mouvements perpetuels
Colorado College Summer Festival Chamber Ensemble
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 44: Movements 2-3
Nashville Symphony; Edo De Waart, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN

Hour 2

Aaron Copland: Prelude for Piano Trio
Michael Boriskin, piano; Nicholas Kitchen, violin; Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Music From Copland House
Arabesque 6794

Traditional (arr. Danish String Quartet): Tjonneblomen
The Danish String Quartet
Interlochen Presents, Corson Auditorium, Interlochen, MI

Lennon/McCartney (arr. Bob Chilcott): And I Love Her
The King's Singers
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA

Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3: Movements 2-3
Grand Teton Festival Orchestra; Cristian Macelaru, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY

Aaron Copland: In Evening Air
Leo Smit, piano
Aaron Copland: The Young Pioneers
Sony 66345

Henry Mancini (arr. Jace Wittig): Moon River
Chanticleer; William Fred Scott, conductor
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

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