On this weekend's Performance Today, we have music inspired by other planes of existence. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins us for our weekly musical game - the Piano Puzzler.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Felix Mendelssohn: Witches' Song & On Wings of Song
Daniel Hope, violin; Sebastian Knauer, piano
Mendelssohn
DG 477 6634
Mikhail Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Greenville Symphony Orchestra; Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor
Peace Center for the Performing Arts, Greenville, SC
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Caroline Cassil from Sutherlin, OR
Felix Mendelssohn: Twelve Fugues for String Quartet No. 10
The Shanghai String Quartet
Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80, No. 6
Miami String Quartet: Benny Kim, violin; Cathy Meng Robinson, violin; Scott Lee, viola; Keith Robinson, cello
Viginia Arts Festival, Robin Hixon Theater, Norfolk, VA
Hour 2
Gustav Holst: Mercury, the Winged Messenger from The Planets
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava); Adrian Leaper, conductor
Holst: The Planets / Suite de Ballet, Op. 10
Naxos 8550193
Josef Strauss: Music of the Spheres
Vienna Philharmonic; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
New Year's Concert 2009
London/Decca 1256902
Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 11, S. 139, "Harmonies du soir"
Roberto Plano, piano
The Frederic Chopin Society, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Karim Al-Zand: Visions from Another World
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX
Traditional Norwegian (Linn Andrea Fuglseth): Eg veit i himmerik ei borg
Trio Mediaeval
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cavatina from String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130
Pacifica Quartet
Music@Menlo, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA
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