On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll go to a concert at Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles to hear conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic play a piece that Felix Mendelssohn called his "celebration of a religious revolution."
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Peter Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
Russian Sketches
Telarc 80378
Traditional: Shenandoah
Dallas Brass; Mike Levine, conductor
Beaches fine Arts Series, St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
Aaron Copland (arr. Paul Cohen): Simple Gifts
Washington Saxophone Quartet
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, The Barns at Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, "Winter Daydreams": 3. Scherzo; 4. Finale
Norwegian Radio Orchestra; Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Kirsten Flagstad Hall, Culture Center, Hamar, Norway
Anthony DiLorenzo: Jabberwocky
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Alastair Willis, conductor
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX
Hour 2
Edgar Meyer/Chris Thile/Stuart Duncan: Goat Rodeo
Stuart Duncan, fiddle; Chris Thile, mandolin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass
Goat Rodeo
Sony 84118
Richard Strauss: Traumerei, Op. 9, No. 4
Stephen Hough, piano
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
Traditional Spiritual: I'm On My Journey Home
Anonymous 4
Virginia Arts Festival, Christ and St Luke's Church, Norfolk, VA
Mike Marshall and Chris Thile: Joy Ride in a Toy Car/Hey Ho
Chris Thile, mandolin; Mike Marshall, mandolin
Savannah Music Festival, Charles H. Morris Center, Savannah, GA
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 107, "Reformation"
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, music director
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
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