On Wednesday's Performance Today, we've got highlights from winter and Christmas concerts around the world, including Theo Bonheur's "A Winter Ride" from a holiday concert in Munich, Germany.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide
London Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Reaching for the Note
Deutsche Grammophon 459552
Edward Elgar: The Snow
Mitchell Drury, violin; Tom Dziekonski, violin; Andrew Seifert, piano; Northwest Girlchoir; Sara Boos, conductor
Classical KING FM 98.1, KING FM Studios, Seattle, WA
Traditional (arr. Howard Arman): Adorar al Nino
Munich Radio Orchestra; Howard Arman, conductor
Day of Christmas Music, Prinzregententheater, Munich, Germany
Theo Bonheur (arr. Howard Arman): A Winter Ride
Munich Radio Orchestra; Howard Arman, conductor
Day of Christmas Music, Prinzregententheater, Munich, Germany
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Kevin Shaw from Charlotte, NC
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Grand Teton Festival Orchestra; Donald Runnicles, conductor
Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village, WY
Hour 2
Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words, Op. 109
Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
Works for Cello and Piano
EMI 73498
John Williams: Somewhere in My Memory
Crouch End Festival Chorus and The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; David Temple, conductor
The Greatest Christmas Choral Classics
Silva Classics 6049
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107, "Reformation"
Aspen Chamber Symphony; Johannes Debus, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
Traditional (arr. Amy Rice-Young): Good King Wenceslas
The National Flute Choir; Amy Rice Blumenthal, conductor
Here We Come a'FLUTING
ALRY 27
Traditional (arr. Valerie Coleman): Go Tell It On The Mountain
Imani Winds
This Christmas with Imani Winds
Koch 7748
Traditional: O Holy Night/ The First Noel
Kirkmount: Alex Bigney, harp; Samuel Bigney, fiddle; Simeon Bigney, cello
Mittens for Christmas
Dorian 93236
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