For the Ebene Quartet, great music has no boundaries; they love playing a huge range of music. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear the Ebene Quartet play and improvise on a jazz classic: Milestones by Miles Davis.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, "Scottish" Movement 2
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos 1 - 5
EuroDisc 69237
Felix Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Jasper String Quartet; Jupiter String Quartet
Honest Brook Music Festival; WSKG Public Media, Honest Brook Music Festival, Delhi, NY
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Chuck Romportl from Hopkins, MN
Miles Davis: Milestones, arr. for string quartet
Ebene Quartet
Schwetzingen Festival, Mozart Hall, Schwetzingen, Germany
Black History Spotlight: Hazel Scott
Hour 2
Robert Schumann: Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano: Movement 3
Todd Levy, clarinet; Elena Abend, piano
Brahms and Schumann
Avie 2098
Joaquin Turina: La Procesion del Rocio, Op. 9
RTE National Symphony Orchestra; Duncan Ward, conductor
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Renata Arado, violin; Espen Lilleslatten, viola; Darrett Adkins, cello; Rita Sloan, piano
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO
Naji Hakim: Alaiki'ssalaam - Variations on a Lebanese Theme
Members of the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra and WDR Radio Orchestra; Wayne Marshall, conductor
Klaus von Bismarck Hall, WDR Broadcasting House, Cologne, Germany
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Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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