In his diary, Jean Sibelius wrote: "This morning, I saw 16 swans. Lord God, what beauty! They circled...like a gleaming, silver ribbon." That sight inspired a moment in his Symphony No. 5, which we'll hear on Tuesday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Jean Sibelius: Suite Mignonne Movements 2-3
Gerard Schaub, flute; Kenneth Wihlborg, flute; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard
DG 4764211
Hugh Martin: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Imani Winds
This Christmas with the Imani Winds
Koch 7748
Traditional: I Saw Three Ships
Imani Winds
Koch 7748
Max Reger: Weihnachtstraum (Christmas Dream)
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
A Steinway Christmas Album
Steinway & Sons 30005
Robin Pecknold (arr. Pentatonix): White Winter Hymnal
That's Christmas To Me
RCA 9690
George Wyle (arr. Pentatonix): It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Pentatonix
That's Christmas To Me
RCA 9690
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5, Op. 82
The Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Hour 2
Erich Korngold: The Snowman: Prelude and Serenade
Michael Ludwig, violin; Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Holiday Classical Favorites
Buffalo Philharmonic 266
Traditional Swedish (arr. Charles Forsberg): In Winter's Night
Charles Gray, viola; St. Olaf Choir; Anton Armstrong, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Traditional (arr. Rosalind Hall and Christopher J. Madsen): Pat-a-Pan
Christopher J. Madsen and David Ross, pianists Rachel Smith, piccoloJoshua Frei, percussion; BYU Men's Chorus; Rosalind Hall, conductor
BYU School of Music, de Jong Concert Hall, Provo, UT
Harry T. Carlson (arr. Katherine K. Davis): Swedish Dance Carol
Brigham Young University Concert Choir; Rosalind Hall, conductor
de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT
Benny Goodman (arr. Dallas Brass): Jing Jing Jing
Dallas Brass; Mike Levine, conductor
Beaches Fine Arts Series, St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
Mikhail Glinka: Kamarinskaya
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Mei Ann Chen, conductor
St. John the Devine Church, Houston, TX
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone, directors; Emlyn Ngai, concertmaster
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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