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Salome bronze sculpture, by Paul Manship (1915)
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The Dance of the Seven Veils

In nine minutes of ravishing music by Richard Strauss, Salome sheds her inhibitions along with her clothes in a dance for her step-father, King Herod. The scene from Strauss' opera Salome shocked audiences when it premiered in 1905. In today's show, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra plays Strauss' infamous Dance of the Seven Veils, in a concert from the BBC Proms in London.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46
The New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur, conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in B-flat, K. 411
Festival Musicians
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Igor Stravinsky: Le Chant du Rossignol (the Song of the Nightingale)
The New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City

Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Festival Musicians
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California

Hour 2

John Foulds: Keltic Lament, Op. 29, No. 2
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, conductor

Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas

Gioachino Rossini: Overture to William Tell
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Kevin Sedatole, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas

Gary Schocker: Three Dances for Two Flutes
Eugenia Zukerman and Gary Schocker, flutes, Ran Dank, piano
Young Concert Artists Anniversary Concert, New York City

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Gavotte and Variations
The Brasil Guitar Duo
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia

Michael Jackson: Billie Jean
The Anderson and Roe Piano Duo
Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, Cooperstown, New York

Richard Strauss: The Dance of the Seven Veils, from Salome
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England

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