British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason had been planning to be in Los Angeles this past weekend. He was going to make his American concert debut, playing with the L.A. Chamber Orchestra, but he gave it up for a wedding gig... the British royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. On Tuesday's Performance Today, hear Sheku Kanneh-Mason's performance at the ceremony, alongside conductor Christopher Warren-Green and an all-star British orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82: Movement 2 Allegretto
Ran Dank, piano
2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Semifinal round, Bass Hall, Fort Worth, TX
Samuel Dushkin (arr. Hazell): Sicilienne
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Members of: BBC Nat'l Orchestra of Wales, English Chamber Orchestra, & the Philharmonia Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
St. George's Chapel, Windsor, England
The Royal Wedding - Official Album (Live)
Decca
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36
Ran Dank, piano
The Gilmore International keyboard Festival, Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo, MI
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World: Movements 3 & 4
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Hour 2
Francois Couperin: Les Rozeaux & L'Atalante
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Tic toc choc: Alexandre Tharaud joue Couperin
Harmonia Mundi 901956
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet No. 16 in E-Flat Major, K. 428
Tetzlaff Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Thomas Ades: Three Studies from Couperin
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor
Musikkitalo, Helsinki, Finland
Charlie Chaplin (arr. Bob James): Smile
Bob James piano; Nancy Stagnitta, flute
Interlochen Presents, Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall, Interlochen, MI
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