Poster composer Malcolm Arnold
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Lost and found

Scholar Paul Harris found a note about a lost wind quintet by composer Malcolm Arnold, and was saddened at the thought of not being able to hear it. But then, the lost manuscript was found! The story and the music... Malcolm Arnold's Wind Quintet on Wednesday's Performance Today.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Nino Rota: Clarinet Trio: Movement 3
Ensemble Nino Rota: Paolo Beltramini, clarinet; Cecilia Radic, cello; Massimo Palumbo, piano
Rota: Chamber Music
Chandos 9832

Joseph Joachim: Romance, Op. 2 No. 1
Yura Lee, violin; Juho Pohjonen, piano
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA

Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Genevieve Wild from Quakertown, PA

Nino Rota: Divertimento concertante
Edicson Ruiz, double bass; Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Philharmonie, Luxembourg

Hour 2

Malcolm Arnold: Serenade for Guitar and Strings
Craig Ogden, guitar; Northern Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
English Guitar Concertos
Chandos 9963

Malcolm Arnold: Wind Quintet Op. 2 (1942)
Sue Makeever, flute; Sue Logan, oboe; David Carter, clarinet; William Scharnberg, horn; Carl Rath, bassoon
Red Lodge Music Festival, Red Lodge Civic Center, Red Lodge, MT

Antonin Dvorak: Miniatures for Two violins and viola
Jun Iwasaki, violin; Tessa Lark, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA

Traditional (arr. Danish String Quartet): Shine You No More
Danish String Quartet
Interlochen Presents, Corson Auditorium, Interlochen, MI

Duke Ellington (arr. Peress): New World A-Comin'
Charlie Albright, piano; The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY

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