Beethoven borrowed a tune from a popular opera when he wrote his Gassenhauer Trio; it was a song that everybody was singing in Vienna in 1797. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear a performance of Beethoven's Trio from an all-star concert in Bridgehampton, New York.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Claude Debussy: Images Book II Cloches a travers les feuilles
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Gilles Vonsattle
Honens 201103
Samuel Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Beatrice "Bee" Newman from Kapa'a, HI
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 11
Stephen Williamson, clarinet; Carter Brey, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Hour 2
Francis Poulenc: Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano: 2. Divertissement
Leonard Arner, oboe; Robert Routch, horn; Gervase de Peyer, clarinet; Loren Glickman, bassoon; Paula Robison, flute; Charles Wadsworth, piano
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Poulenc: Complete Music for Wind Instruments and Piano
Musicmasters 60040
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Michael Tree, viola; Philip Dukes, viola; and friends
Savannah Music Festival, Trinity United Methodist Church, Savannah, GA
Mel Torme and Robert Wells (arr. Giovanni De Chiaro): The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar
The Sounds Of Christmas On Guitar
Centaur 2262
Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor
Christina Naughton, piano; Michelle Naughton, piano; Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra; James Feddeck, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
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