On overcast days, the mountains of Vermont lose their color, becoming grey silhouettes. And some of the roads are so dark you need headlights, even during the day. Composer Robert Paterson says that it's majestic and sometimes treacherous. We'll hear JoAnn Falletta lead the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in a live performance of Paterson's new piece, Dark Mountains, on this weekend's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
John Williams: Princess Leia's Theme
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Summer Night Concert Schoenbrunn 2010
DG 001455902
Bohuslav Martinu: Trio in F Major for Flute, Cello, and Piano, H. 300
Strings Festival Musicians; Michael Sachs, music director
Strings Music Festival, Strings Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO
George Frideric Handel: Chaconne, HWV 435
Charlie Albright, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
John Williams: Escapades for Saxophone, from Catch Me If You Can
Branford Marsalis, alto and tenor saxophones; Steve Merrill, vibraphone; John Wieland, bass; Jacksonville Symphony; Courtney Lewis, conductor
Jacksonville Symphony, Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, Jacksonville, FL
Hour 2
Camilla de Rossi: Sinfonia from "Il Sacrifizio di Abramo" (excerpt)
JoAnn Falletta, lute; Bay Area Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Baroquen Treasures
Newport 60102
Darius Milhaud: Suite for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, Op. 157b
Prima Trio
Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, West Room, Palm Beach, FL
Robert Paterson: Dark Mountains
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68: Movement 1
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8
Sony 47517
Giuseppe Verdi: Ave Maria from Otello
Leontyne Price, soprano; RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor
Leontyne Price: Verdi Heroines
RCA 7016
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