Public graduation ceremonies are almost universally cancelled this year, so we're throwing a radio party with music to celebrate this rite of passage, and some special messages for this year's graduates. On this episode of Performance Today, we're honoring the graduating class of 2020. Plus, Bruce Adolphe has this week's Piano Puzzler.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E-flat, Op. 20: Movement 2 Adagio cantabile
Eduard Brunner, clarinet; Marie-Luise Neunecker, horn; Thomas Zehetmair, violin; Stefan Schweigert, bassoon; Cheryl House, cello; James van Valkenburg, viola; Alois Posch, double bass
Beethoven Septet and Piano Quintet Music
Philips 434036
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 Razumovsky: Movements 1, 3 & 4
Pacifica Quartet
Interlochen Presents, Corson Auditorium, Interlochen, MI
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestants are Doug and Lynda Miller from Mt. Pleasant, SC
Viet Cuong: Re(new)al
Epoch Percussion Quartet: Oni Lara, Nigel Fernandez, Andrew Lynge, Corey Fica, percussion; The University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
Butler School of Music, Bates Recital Hall, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Hour 2
Giuseppe Verdi: Waltz in F major
Edoardo Farina, piano; I Solisti Italiani
Operisti
Denon 18070
Ottorino Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Dallas Winds; Jerry Junkin, conductor
Dallas Winds, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
The King's Singers and The University of Georgia Hodgson Singers; Daniel Bara, conductor
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
John David: You Are the New Day
The King's Singers
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Giuseppe Verdi: Aida: Triumphal March
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Bernstein Favorites: Marches
Sony 46709
Franz Liszt, arr. Marshall Bartholomew: Gaudeamus Igitur
Chor Leoni; Erick Lichte, conductor
Goin' Home
Skylark CCR0701
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