Picture Death playing his malevolent fiddle in the graveyard on Halloween night. The skeletons rise and do their annual clattering dance until the sun comes up next morning. Get into the spirit with Danse Macabre, by Camille Saint-Saens on Monday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Camille Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals (selections)
Renaud Capucon, violin; Esther Hoppe, violin; Beatrice Muthelet; viola; Gautier Capucon, cello; Frank Braley, piano; Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Le Carnaval Des Animaux
Virgin 45603
Camille Saint-Saens (arr. Franz Liszt): Danse Macabre, Op. 20
Yukine Kuroki, piano
The Cliburn, Ed Landreth Hall, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
Gian Francesco Malipiero: Sinfonia del silenzio (Symphony of Silence)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor
Malipiero Symphonies
Marco Polo 8.223603
Gian Francesco Malipiero: Il molino della morte (The Mill of Death)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor
Malipiero Symphonies
Marco Polo 8.223603
Elmer Bernstein: Ghostbusters
Royal Philharmonic Pops; Elmer Bernstein, conductor
Elmer Bernstein By Elmer Bernstein
Denon 75288
Elmer Bernstein: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra (excerpts)
Christopher Parkening, guitar; London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor
Christopher Parkening - Elmer Bernstein - Albeniz - Marshall
EMI 56859
Hour 2
Alan Hovhaness: Spirit of Trees, Sonata for Harp and Guitar: Movement 2
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; David Leisner, guitar
Music of Alan Hovhaness
Telarc 80530
Johannes Brahms: Ballades Op. 10: Movements 3-4
Vladimir Feltsman, piano
The Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO
Alan Hovhaness: Prayer of Saint Gregory
Kevin Cobb, trumpet; Frank Almond, violin; Stefan Hersh, violin; Phillip Ying, viola; David Ying, cello
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61: Movements 2-4
Sydney Symphony Orchestra; David Robertson, conductor
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
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