Despite the need to stay physically apart these days, music has the power to unite us, to make us feel connected to our fellow humans. On Today's show, join us for a performance featuring Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir, a choir of more than 17,000 singers. Plus, Bruce Adolphe has this week's Piano Puzzler.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Eric Whitacre: I Carry Your Heart
Eric Whitacre Singers
Studio Recording
MPR Recording NA
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 "Italian"
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Gemma New, conductor
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Royce Hall, Westwood, CA
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Duston S. from Loami, IL
Traditional, arr. J. David Moore: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Chicago A Cappella; Patrick Sinozich, conductor
Nichols Hall, Evanston, IL
Eric Whitacre: Sing Gently
Sam Glicklich, piano; Virtual Choir; Eric Whitacre, conductor
Virtual Choir 6
UNQUIET UNQ013
Hour 2
Alexander Scriabin: Two Etudes: C-sharp minor, F-sharp minor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Alexander Scriabin - The Complete Etudes
Bridge 9287
Jeno Hubay: Csarda Scene No. 3 for Violin and Piano, Op. 18, Maros vize (The River Maros)
Danbi Um, violin; Orion Weiss, piano
Music@Menlo, Stent Family Hall, Menlo School, Atherton, CA
Jerome Kern, arr. Charles Miller: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Adela Pena, violin; Basia Danilow, violin; Kathryn Lockwood, viola; Peter Sanders, cello
Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival, Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, VT
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major
Garrick Ohlsson, piano; Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.
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