Poster New Year's fireworks, Mexico City
New Year's fireworks, Mexico City
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Performance Today®

Happy New Year!

On today's show, we'll usher in 2021 with a celebratory Dance of the Hours, courtesy of the US Marine Band. We'll also hear all-star performance of Beethoven's Gassenhauer Trio, from a concert in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 1 for Clarinet & Piano Movement 3 Allegretto grazioso
Jon Manasse, clarinet; Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas
Harmonia Mundi 907430

Amilcare Ponchielli, arr. Carlo Morino & Simon Katz: Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda
The President's Own United States Marine Band; Colonel Timothy W. Foley, conductor
Marine Band Retrospective
USMB 18

Johann Christian Bach: Quintet in D major
Parnassus Ensemble: Barthold Kuijken, transverse flute; Janneke van der Meer, violin; Paul Dombrecht, baroque oboe; Richte van der Meer, baroque cello; Johan Huys, harpsichord
Parnassus Ensemble
Accent 47806

Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77: Movements 2 & 3
Julia Fischer, violin; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam; Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Brahms - Fischer - Muller-Schott - Kreizberg
Pentatone 66

Hour 2

Claude Debussy: Preludes, Book 2: Feux d'artifice (Fireworks)
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Shadowlines
Honens 201501

Dmitri Shostakovich: Trio No. 1 in C Minor for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano, Op. 8
Naumburg Trio
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA

Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Viola, Strings, and Continuo in G major, TWV 51:G9
Todd Phillips, Bella Hristova, violin; Pierre Lapointe, Matthew Lipman, viola; Brook Speltz, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY

Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in B-flat Major for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 11
Mark Nuccio, clarinet; Anne Martindale Williams, cello; Wendy Chen, piano
Strings Music Festival, Strings Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO

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