On this weekend'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
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
Camille Saint-Saens (arr. Gregory Flint): Serenade d'Hiver (Winter Serenade)
The Asbury Brass Quintet
The Asbury Quintet with Adolphe Herseth, soloist: Works by Lutoslawski, Bohme, Grainger, Jevtic, Bozza, Saint-Saens
Albany 273
John Harbison: Little Fantasy on the Twelve Days of Christmas
Philadelphia Brass
Philadelphia Brass Christmas
Philadelphia Brass 1
Eric Whitacre: little tree
Elora Festival Singers; Noel Edison, conductor
Eric Whitacre Choral Music
Naxos 559677
Bob Chilcott: This Joy from Three Christmas Songs
Spivey Hall Children's Choir; Martha Shaw, conductor
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Traditional: New Snow/Mittens for Christmas
Kirkmount
Mittens for Christmas
Dorian 93236
Traditional: The Cherry Tree Carol
Kirkmount
Mittens for Christmas
Dorian 93236
John Lennon and Yoko Ono (arr. Jake Shimabukuro and Robert Thurston): Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele
Yo-Yo Ma and Friends: Songs of Joy and Peace
Sony 24414
Traditional (arr. David Chevan): Kiev Sher
Nu Haven Kapeyle
What's Nu?
Traditional (arr. Jon Hansen): O Little Town of Bethlehem
USC Bass Tuba Quartet
Los Angeles Tuba Christmas, Hall of Liberty, Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, CA
Traditional: Dona Nobis Pacem/Auld Lang Syne
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Chris Botti, trumpet
Yo Yo Ma & Friends - Songs of Joy and Peace
Sony 24414
Max Reger: Maria Weingenlied (Mary's Lullaby), Op. 76, No 52 and Weihnnachtstraum (Silent Night), Op. 17
Gregory Brown
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Leonard Cohen (arr. Andrew Joslyn): Hallelujah
Passenger String Quartet
Classical KING FM's Second Inversion, Rethink Classical, Columbia City Theater, Seattle, WA
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