Outside of Benaroya Hall in Seattle, you can smell the salt of the ocean. But when you open the door and walk inside, the aroma of coffee takes over. Because, of course, there's a coffee shop in the lobby! On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll have the ocean, coffee, and Claude Debussy's String Quartet from a concert in Seattle, Washington.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Claude Debussy: Masques
London Brass
Bold as Brass!
MCA 5955
Pierre Jalbert: Music of Air and Fire
Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Jones Hall, Houston, TX
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Bob McCauley from Houston, TX
Claude Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Alexander Kerr, violin; James Ehnes, violin; Rebecca Albers, viola; Edward Arron, cello
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Hour 2
Richard Strauss: The Bourgeois Gentleman Suite: Entrance and Dance of the Tailors
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Divertimento After Couperin
Deutsche Grammophon 435871
Leos Janacek: Piano Sonata 1. X. 1905
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
University of Georgia, Performing Arts Center, Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Richard Strauss: Sextet for Strings, from 'Capriccio', Op. 85
Ani Kavafian, violin; Erin Keefe, violin; Yura Lee, viola; Matthew Lipman, viola; Dmitri Atapine, cello; David Finckel, cello
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Bela Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73
London Symphony Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ
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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.
Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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