Maybe you've thought about what music you'd want played at your funeral. A favorite song? A beloved hymn? Composer Astor Piazzolla had something different in mind. On this episode of Performance Today, hear the Imani Winds play the music that Piazzolla selected for his own funeral.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Frederic Chopin: Mazurka in F minor, Op. 7/3 & Mazurka in B-Flat Major, Op. 17/1
Richard Goode, piano
Richard Goode: Chopin
Nonesuch 79452
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18, K. 456, "Paradis"
Richard Goode, piano; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andrew Manze, conductor
The Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Kevin Olson: Summer Sonnet
Chicago Acappella; Jonathan Miller, conductor
Chicago Acappella, Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville, IL
Hour 2
Edvard Grieg: Lyric Piece, Op. 68: Evening in the Mountains
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Grieg: Holberg Suite
DG 437520
Astor Piazzolla (arr. Jeff Scott): Contrabajissimo
Imani Winds
Beaches Fine Arts Series, St. Paul's by the Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2, in C major, Op. 61: Movements 2-4
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: Movement 2 Adagio
Javier Perianes, piano; Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor
Concert Hall, DR Concert House, Copenhagen, Denmark
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