Poster Anderson & Roe
Anderson & Roe piano duo
Brent Cline
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Hallelujah Junction

There's a truck stop near the California-Nevada Border called "Hallelujah Junction." Composer John Adams would drive by and wonder "What kind of music would fit a title like Hallelujah Junction?" On today's show, hear Adams's answer to his own question in an arrangement and performance by the Anderson and Roe Piano Duo. Plus, Bruce Adolphe has this week's Piano Puzzler.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Walter Piston: Symphony No. 4: IV. Energico
American Symphony Orchestra; Leon Botstein, conductor
Piston: Symphony No. 4 - EP
American Symphony Orchestra NA

Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 1: Movement 1
The Orchestra Now; Leon Botstein, conductor
Bard College, The Sosnoff Theatre at The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Contestant is Dan Larkin from Windsor, CA.

John Adams (arr. Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe): Hallelujah Junction
Anderson and Roe Piano Duo
Minnesota Beethoven Festival, Page Theatre, Saint Mary's University, Winona, MN

Hour 2

Aaron Copland: Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz
London Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor
The Copland Collection 1936-1948
Sony 46559

Edvard Grieg: Selections from Lyric Pieces
Joyce Yang, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for flute, violin, viola and cello in D major, K. 285
Bart Feller, flute; Mari Kim, violin; Cindy Wu, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Music in the Vineyards Festival, The Hess Collection (Winery and art museum), Napa, CA

Aaron Copland: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Gabriel Campos Zamora, clarinet; Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN

Thelonious Monk: Reflections (encore)
Gabriel Campos Zamora, clarinet; members of the Minnesota Orchestra
Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN

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