Tempesta di Mare - the Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra - is celebrating the 15th anniversary of their Philadelphia Concert Series. On Saturday's Performance Today, join the audience as Tempesta di Mare plays a concerto for two recorders by William Babell. You'll also hear this week's Piano Puzzler with Bruce Adolphe.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Leos Janacek: Glagolitic Mass: Movements 1 & 8
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Rafael Kubelik, conductor
Janacek Glagolitic Mass, Diary Of One Who Disappeared
DG 463672
Concerto No. 5 for Two Recorders
Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts, recorder; Aik Shin Tan, recorder
Perelmann Hall in the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Rainer Klauss from Madison, AL
Leos Janacek: String Quartet No. 2
Doric String Quartet
Union College Concert Series, Union College Memorial Chapel, Schenectady, NY
Hour 2
George Gershwin: Three Preludes: Prelude No. 1
Eroica Trio: Erika Nickrenz, piano; Sara Parkins, violin; Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello
Eroica Trio
EMI 556482
Jean Sibelius: The Bard, Op. 64
Houston Symphony; John Storgards, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Oboe d'amore in A Major, BWV 1055R
James Austin Smith, oboe d'amore; Livia Sohn, violin; Geoff Nuttall, violin; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11
Eroica Trio: Erika Nickrenz, piano; Sara Parkins, violin; Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello
Isabel Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
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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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