The collaboration between conductor Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra hasn't always been serene, but together they've delivered a steady stream of powerful performances. On today's episode of Performance Today, Gergiev conducts the LSO in a performance of "The Miraculous Mandarin" by Bela Bartok.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Richard Wagner: Romanza (Albumblatt)
Elissa Lee Koljonen, violin; Robert Koenig, piano
Heartbreak, Romantic Encores for Violin
Dorian 90268
Gioacchino Rossini: Duo for Cello and Bass in D Major
Joel Dallow, cello; Karl Fenner, double bass
Pre-Concert Chamber Music Series; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall , Atlanta, GA
Bohuslav Martinu: Nonet No. 2
Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute; Elizabeth Priestly Siffert, oboe; Thomas LeGrand, clarinet; Christopher Millard, bassoon; Gail Williams, horn; Sarah Schwartz, violin; Jerry Hou, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Richard Wagner: Overture to Rienzi
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic; Asher Fisch, conductor
The Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Hour 2
Bela Bartok: Two Romanian Dances, Op. 8a, Sz 43: Allegro vivace
Gyorgy Sandor, piano
Bela Bartok Solo Piano Works, Vol. 2
Sony 68275
Bela Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73
London Symphony Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ
Gabriel Faure: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 120
Boston Trio: Irina Muresanu, violin; Astrid Schween, cello; Heng-Jin Park, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
John Lennon/Paul McCartney (Chris Dedrick): Penny Lane
Canadian Brass
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
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