The Trumpet Society of Paris once asked Camille Saint-Saens to write a special piece for them featuring trumpet and small ensemble. Saint-Saens declined; he thought that the trumpet would overpower the group. But a year later, he reconsidered. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear the resulting piece: Saint-Saens' Septet with trumpet.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Enrique Granados: Three Poetic Waltzes
Xuefei Yang, guitar
Xuefei Yang: 40 Degrees North
EMI 6322
Camille Saint-Saens: Septet in E flat, Op. 65
Alexandros Kapelis, piano; Sascha Maisky, violin; Mayu Kishima, violin; Lyda Chen, viola; Mischa Maisky, cello; Enrico Fagone, double bass; Giuliano Sommerhalder, trumpet
Martha Argerich Project, Stelio Molo Auditorium, RSI, Lugano, Switzerland
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music in C Minor, K. 477
Orchestre de Paris; Daniel Harding, conductor
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Enrique Granados: Three Pieces from Goyescas
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Hour 2
Edward Elgar (arr. Zukerman & Neikrug): La Capricieuse, Op. 17
Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Marc Neikrug, piano
Salut d'amour
Philips 416 158
Giacomo Puccini: Chrysanthemums
Enso String Quartet
Central Branch, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY
Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A-flat major: Movements 2-4
Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
John Field: Andante inedit, for piano in E-flat major, H. 64
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
92nd Street Y, New York, NY
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