Poster Joann Falletta Conducting
Joann Falletta Conducting
Jim Bush
Performance Today®

Unearthing Gems

Conductor JoAnn Falletta is unusually good at bringing hidden treasure to light. Recently, she unearthed a beautiful symphony by Marcel Tyberg, a victim of the Nazi concentration camps. On today's show, we hear a rarely-heard work, Joseph Marx's "Symphonic Night Music," performed by JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic. Also, part three of our "Music That Matters" feature on the Reverie Harp.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Ottorino Respighi: One movement from "Roman Festivals"
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with conductor Sir Neville Marriner

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 18 in E-flat, Op. 31, No. 3
Pianist Ingrid Fliter
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Frederic Chopin: Waltz No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 18 (Grand Valse Brillante)
Pianist Ingrid Fliter

Ottorino Respighi: "Ancient Airs and Dances," Suite No. 3
The Juilliard Chamber Orchestra
The Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York

Joe Rixner: "Blauer Himmel"
Prima Carezza
International Salon Music Festival, Interlaken, Switzerland

Arthur Benjamin: "Jamaican Rhumba"
I Salonisti
International Salon Music Festival, Interlaken, Switzerland

Hour 2

Max Reger: Bacchanale from Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin, Op. 128
The Buffalo Philharmonic with conductor JoAnn Falletta

Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger: Gagliarda Prima, Ballo Secondo, and Gagliarda Sesta
Chatham Baroque
Synod Hall, Oakland, Pennsylvania

Kevin Puts: Traveler
Musicians from the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton, New York

Kevin Puts: Arches
Violinist Tim Fain

Joseph Marx: Symphonic Night Music
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor JoAnn Falletta
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York

Music that Matters: Day Three, the Reverie Harp
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