Poster Poet Ariel Francisco
Poet Ariel Francisco
Photo Credit: Gesi Schilling
Performance Today®

Poems for a city

Join us for more from our special series, New York Out Loud, exploring the sounds of New York City. On today's show, Ariel Francisco shares new poems, inspired by New York neighborhoods. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins us for this week's Piano Puzzler.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Bobby McFerrin, conductor
Paper Music
Sony 64600

Claude Debussy: Petite suite for Piano, Four Hands
Gilbert Kalish, piano; Hyeyeon Park, piano
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA

Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Kristen Zoetewey from Grand Rapids, Michigan

Charles Gounod: Petite symphonie for Wind Instruments
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
SPCO, Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN

Hour 2

Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contretanzes Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Beethoven: Complete Orchestral Works
Simax PSC1281

Giacomo Puccini: Scherzo for String Quartet
Orion String Quartet
Franklin College Chamber Music Series / CMSLC, Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
James Ehnes, violin; Andrew Armstrong, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA

Aaron Copland: Quiet City
Philip Smith, trumpet; New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Copland: Symphony No. 3, Quiet City
DG 419170

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