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Performance Today for Wednesday, May 30, 2007

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Erich Korngold: "Tanzlied des Pierrot" from "Die Tote Stadt." Op. 12
Violinist Sonja van Beek and pianist Andreas Frolich

Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzona noni toni a 12 and Sonata a tredici for 12 winds
The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Gustavo Dudamel

The Piano Puzzler

Erich Korngold: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Violinist Renaud Capucon with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and conductor Dennis Russell Davies

Erik Satie: Gnossienne No. 1
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet

William Byrd: "La Volta"
Pianist Peter Serkin

Nicolas Vallet: "Carillon de Village"
Lutenist Nigel North

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sarabande from Partita No. 2
Violinist Alexis Cardenas

Uhrovska Zbierka Collection: Runda Regis & Hungaricus
Solamente Naturali

Melodarium Collection: "Dance"
Solamente Naturali

Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and conductor Klauspeter Seibel

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