Poster Composer Anton Bruckner
Composer Anton Bruckner
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 4

If you're ready to step into a different world, follow us through medieval gates into a storybook world created by composer Anton Bruckner. On this weekend's Performance Today, Marek Janowski conducts the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in a concert performance of Bruckner's Symphony No. 4.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13: Movement 3 Intermezzo
Lisa-Beth Lambert, violin; Hiroko Yajima, violin; Annemarie Moorcroft, viola; Sophie Shao, cello
Marlboro Music Festival 50th Anniversary Album
Bridge 9108

Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 Movement 3: Finale
Johannes Moser, cello; Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN

Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Richard Baum from Houston, TX

Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for violin, cello, and piano in D minor, Op. 49
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin; Edward Arron, cello; Joyce Yang, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA

Hour 2

Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: Movement 3 Corrente
Jeremy Denk, piano
Jeremy Denk J.S. Bach
Azica 71262

Jennifer Higdon: Autumn Music
Marcia Kamper, flute; Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe; Anton Rist, clarinet; Conrad Cornelison, bassoon; Jeffrey Fair, horn
Festival Mozaic, United Methodist Church, San Luis Obispo, CA

Donald Lambert: Pilgrim's Chorus (after Wagner's opera 'Tannhauser')
Jeremy Denk, piano
Concert presented by the St Paul Chamber Orchestra, Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 Romantic: Movements 3 & 4
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Marek Janowski, conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH

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