Cal Ripken holds the record for playing in the most consecutive baseball games. Composer Camille Saint-Saens has his version of that record - he composed music in TEN consecutive decades. From the 1830s to the 1920s, Saint-Saens never stopped composing. Listen to Saint-Saens' Sonata for clarinet and piano from a concert at Lincoln Center in New York, on Friday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Camille Saint-Saens: Algerian Suite: French Military March
Boston Pops; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
Fiedler's Favorite Marches
RCA 60700
Marc-Andre Hamelin: Pavane Variee
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Camille Saint-Saens: Sonata in E flat major for Clarinet and Piano
Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet; Michael Brown, piano
Late Night Rose, Lincoln Center Rose Studio, New York, NY
Gyorgy Ligeti: Concert Romanesc: Movements 1-2
Aspen Chamber Symphony; David Robertson, conductor
Aspen Chamber Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
Hour 2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto For Two Violins In D Minor, BWV 1043: Movement 3
Pekka Kuusisto, violin; Jaakko Kuusisto, violin; Tapiola Sinfonietta; Tero Latvala, concertmaster
J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos
Ondine 980
Gabriel Faure: Fantasie for Flute and Piano, Op. 79
Stefan Ragnar Hoskuldsson, flute; Michael McHale, piano
University of Georgia, Ramsey Concert Hall. Athens, GA
Jaakko Kuusisto: Violin Concerto, Op. 28
Elina Valhala, violin; The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Jose Moncayo: Huapango
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Andres Cardenas, conductor
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX
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