Poster Music @ Menlo
Musis @ Menlo
Trista Cook
Performance Today®

Performance Today for Monday, July 8, 2013

Silicon Valley is a center for technological creativity and musical creativity. On Monday's Performance Today we'll spend some time at one of the great American music festivals, Music@Menlo, in Palo Alto, California. Tune in for everything from early English music to a rollicking Carnival of the Animals.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade for Winds in c minor, K. 388 - III. Menuetto in Canone - Trio in Canone al rovescio
Allan Vogel, oboe; Kimaree Gilad, oboe; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Carey Bell, clarinet; Dennis Godburn; bassoon; Frank Morelli, bassoon; Richard Todd, french horn; Brad Warnaar, french horn
Music@Menlo

Henry Purcell: Fantasia upon One Note, Z. 745
Escher String Quartet; Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Music@Menlo, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA

Benedetto Marcello: Concerto in c minor for Oboe, Violin, and String Orchestra
Escher String Quartet; Kathryn Greenbank, oboe; Daxun Zhang, bass
Music@Menlo, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA

Johann Sebastian Bach: Ricercar a 6 from Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Geoff Nuttall, violin; Scott St. John, violin; Arnaud Sussmann, viola; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Dennis Godburn, bassoon; Scott Pingel, bass
Music@Menlo, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA

Felix Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte in A minor, Op. 85 No. 2, Lied ohne Worte in C Major, Op. 67 No. 4, Spinnerlied (Spinning Song)
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Music@Menlo, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA

Camille Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals
Carol Wincenc, flute; Carey Bell, clarinet; Ian Swensen, violin; Joseph Swensen, violin; Masao Kawasaki, viola; Ralph Kirshbaum, cello; Florian Conzetti, percussion; Christopher Froh, percussion; Daxu
Music@Menlo, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church

Hour 2

William Byrd: Galliard from First Pavan and Galliard
Glenn Gould, piano

Orlando Gibbons: Allemande (Italian Ground)
Glenn Gould, piano

York Bowen: Toccata, Op. 155
Ang Li, piano
Van Cliburn Competition 2009, Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX

William Byrd: Ave Verum Corpus
Chanticleer; Joseph Jennings, conductor
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Benjamin Britten: String Quartet No. 1: IV. Molto vivace
Belcea String Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhauser Studio, St Paul, MN

Thomas Ades: Arcadiana: VI. O Albion
Belcea String Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhauser Studio, St Paul, MN

William Walton: Sonata for string orchestra
Scottish Ensemble; Jonathan Morton, artistic director
Wigmore Hall, London

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