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Malcolm Arnold's Grand Grand Overture

In these final pre-Thanksgiving days, there's often a big clean-up that has to take place. So on Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll help out with a special piece by Malcolm Arnold; his Grand Grand Overture for Vacuum Cleaners, Floor Polisher, and Concert Band.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Ludwig van Beethoven: 5 Variations on "Rule Britannia" in D, WoO 79
Melvyn Tan, fortepiano
The Beethoven Broadwood Fortepiano
EMI 54526

Gioachino Rossini: Duetto in D Major for Cello and Double Bass
Bion Tsang, cello; DaXun Zhang, double bass
Bates Recital Hall, Butler School of Music, University of Texas, Austin, TX

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95, "Serioso"
Danish String Quartet
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Rose Studio at Lincoln Center, New York, NY

Malcolm Arnold: A Grand Grand Overture: For Three Vacuum Cleaners, One Floor Polisher, and Concert Band, Op. 57
United States Marine Band; Colonel Michael J. Colburn, conductor
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA

Hour 2

John Adams: Two Fanfares for Orchestra: No. 1, Tromba Lontana
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor
The John Adams Earbox
Nonesuch 79453

Manuel de Falla: Siete Canciones Espanoles
Frank Gabriel Campos, trumpet; Pablo Cohen, guitar
Ford Hall Auditorium, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Lincoln Center, New York, NY

John Adams (trans. James Spinazzola): Lollapalooza
United States Marine Band; Major Jason K. Fettig, conductor
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

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