It's a busy season for music! On this weekend's Performance Today, Bruce Adolphe joins us for this week's Piano Puzzler. Plus, we'll have wintry musical highlights for the Christmas season, including this special 5 piano arrangement of the Skater's Waltz.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 56: Movement 2
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos 1 - 5
EuroDisc 69237
Dmitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96
Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Jones Hall, Houston, TX
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Matthew Johnson from Chattanooga, TN
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44/2
Vega Quartet
Flagler Museum Music Series, Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL
Hour 2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata in A, BWV 1015: Movement 4
Viktoria Mullova, violin; Bruno Canino, piano
Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Piano - Viktoria Mullova, Bruno Canino
Philips 434084
Emile Waldteufel (arr. First Piano Quartet): Skater's Waltz
The 5 Browns
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Op. 47
Viktoria Mullova, violin; Estonian Festival Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Parnu Music Festival, Concert Hall, Parnu, Estonia
Ruth Elaine Schram: By Candlelight
Adagio Trio
Winter Gift
Adagio Trio 2
Walter Kent: I'll Be Home for Christmas
David Wood, guitar
A Christmas Gift
Broken Hip 7
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