When people talk about why they enjoy classical music, one thing that often comes up is the idea that at least SOME classical music is relaxing. In some cases, there is science to back that up. On this episode of Performance Today, kick back, rest your head and enjoy a Camerata Pacifica performance of Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Traditional: Scarborough Fair
Manuel Barrueco, guitar; King's Singers
Annie Laurie: Folksongs of the British Isles
EMI 54904
Jean Sibelius: Finnish Folksongs arr. for Piano
William Hobbs, piano
Baruch Performing Arts Center, Baruch Performing Arts Center - Engelman Recital Hall, New York, NY
George Gershwin: Love is Here to Stay
The King's Singers
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
Hour 2
Claude Debussy: Images Book II: Cloches a travers les feuilles
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Gilles Vonsattel
Honens 201103
Claude Debussy (arr. Arnold Schoenberg): Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Camerata Pacifica
Rothenberg Hall, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
Javier Farias: Andean Suite for string quartet and guitar
Javier Farias, guitar; Matthew J. Detrick, violin I; Anabel Ramirez, violin II; Whitney Bullock, viola; Matthew Dudzik, cello
Apollo Chamber Players, Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH), Houston, TX
Samuel Barber: Cello Sonata, Op. 6
Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Inon Barnatan, piano
Bank of America and The ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
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