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Performance Today for Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Episode Playlist

Franz Schubert: Third movement from Piano Quintet in A Major ("The Trout")
Pianist Andras Schiff, bassist Alois Posch and members of the Hagen Quartet

Ned Rorem: "Paris Then"
Clarinetist Todd Palmer and pianist Charles Wadsworth

Georges Boulanger: "American Vision" and "Avant de mourir" from "A Selection of Salon Music"
Violist Paul Neubauer and pianist Wu Han

Anonymous: "The Canary"
Violist Paul Neubauer and pianist Wu Han

The Piano Puzzler

Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200
The Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Leos Svarovsky

Jan Krtitel Vanhal: First movement from Symphony in A major
The Prague Chamber Orchestra with conductor Oldrich Vlcek

Uhrovska Zbierka Collection: Hungaricus 35
Solamente Naturali

Franz Josef Haydn: Third movement from String Quartet, Op. 20, no. 4
The Vermeer String Quartet

Johannes Brahms: Fourth movement from Quartet No. 1 in G Minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 25
Violinist Kevork Mardirossian, violist Jesse Levine, cellist Stephen Gerber and pianist Eteri Andjaparidze

Cesar Franck: Third and fourth movements from Sonata in A Major
Flutist Dora Seres and pianist Steven Beck

Leos Janacek: Suite for Strings
The Prague Chamber Orchestra with director and concertmaster Antonin Hradil

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