Concerts where the electricity was rippling from the stage. Moments of intense musical drama. Astonishing virtuosity, ethereal serenity, and most of all, beauty. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll look back at musical highlights from the past year.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Edgar Meyer/Chris Thile/Stuart Duncan: Goat Rodeo
Stuart Duncan, fiddle; Chris Thile, mandolin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass
Goat Rodeo
Sony 84118
Gioacchino Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture
NBC Symphony Orchestra; Arturo Toscanini, conductor
Rossini Overtures
RCA 60289
Jeremy Turner: The Inland Seas
James Ehnes, violin; Chris Thile, mandolin
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Ben Folds: Concerto For Piano and Orchestra: Movements 2-3
Ben Folds, piano; Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
So There
New West Records 5108
Hour 2
Aaron Copland: Music for Movies: Barley Wagons, Grovers Corners
St. Louis Symphony; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Copland: Music for Films
RCA 61699
John Stevens: Seasons: Autumn
Tom Hooten, trumpet; Jennifer Marotta, trumpet; Gail Williams, french horn; Michael Mulcahy,trombone; Craig Knox, tuba
The Hunter Hereford Ranch, Moose, WY
Jessie Montgomery: Starburst
String Orchestra
Strum: Music for Strings
Azica Records 71302
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite for Chamber Ensemble
Erin Keefe, Ying Fu, Danbi Um, Marc Rovetti, Richard O'Neill, Kirsten Johnson, Mihai Marica, Hai-Ye Ni, Joseph Conyers, O'Connor, Alexander Fiterstein, Marc Goldberg, Michael Brown
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Residency, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.
Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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