Poster Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrushka
Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrushka
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Performance Today®

Who pulls the strings?

Petrushka is a character who goes back hundreds of years... an aggressive court jester who is most happy when he's hurting someone. On today's show, Gustavo Dudamel leads the LA Philharmonic in a performance of Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka... a fun and scary puppet show where we don't really know who's pulling the strings.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Frederic Chopin: Sonata for Piano and Cello in g minor Movement 2 Scherzo
David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano
Grieg, Schumann, Chopin
ArtistLed 19701

George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 5
O Dalby, G Nuttall, L Lee, J Dyrda, and L Sohn, violins; L Robertson and H Leung, viola; C Costanza and J Lo, cello; A Manzo, double bass; P Muzijevic, harpsichord
The Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC

David Biedenbender: Red Vesper
Members of GVSU New Music Ensemble: H Donnelly, flute; A Zuidema, clarinet; K Wimbush, alto saxophone; K Visnovsky, violin; K Flynn, cello; R Rehkopf, piano; W Selkirk, vibraphone
Private recording

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op. 5, Fantaisie-tableaux
Wu Han, piano; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Menlo Park, CA

Hour 2

Eric Byers: Pop Rocks
sybarite5
Outliers
Bright Shiny Things LLC NA

Jeff Scott: Startin' Sumthin'
Imani Winds
UChicago Presents, Mandel Hall, Chicago, IL

Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka; Tableau 1-4
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA

Brandon Ridenour: NuPac Kanon & Gigue
sybarite5
Chamber Music Society of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud at Atonement Lutheran Church, St. Cloud, MN

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