The BBC Proms in London is the biggest classical music festival on the planet. One of the highlights of the 2016 Proms was a return visit by the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela with their charismatic conductor, Gustavo Dudamel. Latin American music from the Proms on Thursday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97: Movement 3
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Schumann the Complete Symphonies, Mahler Edition
London/Decca 4780037
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216
Nikolaj Znaider, violin; Danish Radio Chamber Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
Concert Hall, DR Concert House, Copenhagen, Denmark
Robert Schumann: Three Romances for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 94
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
University of Georgia, Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Anonymous: Jacaras
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Antonio Martin y Coll: El Villano
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Antonio Martin y Coll: Diferencias sobre las Folias
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Juan del Encina: Oy comamos y bebamos
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Hour 2
Frederic Chopin: Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"
Louis Lortie, piano
Chopin: The Complete Etudes
Chandos 8482
Gioachino Rossini (arr. Franz Liszt): Excerpts from "Soirees musicales"
Louis Lortie, piano
2016 BBC Proms, Cadogan Hall, London, England
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
2016 BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Grand Teton Music Festival Chamber Musicians
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
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