Aaron Copland was from Brooklyn. He was a city slicker who captured and, to a certain degree, created what we think of as the sound of the old American west. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll hear selections from his cowboy ballet, "Billy the Kid."
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Felix Mendelssohn: Witches' Song Op. 8, No. 8; On Wings of Song Op. 34, No. 2
Daniel Hope, violin; Sebastian Knauer, piano
Mendelssohn
DG 4776634
Mikhail Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Greenville Symphony Orchestra; Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor
Peace Center for the Performing Arts, Greenville, SC
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Caroline Cassil from Sutherlin, OR
Felix Mendelssohn: Twelve Fugues for String Quartet No. 10
The Shanghai String Quartet
Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80, No. 6
Miami String Quartet
Viginia Arts Festival, Robin Hixon Theater, Norfolk, VA
Hour 2
Aaron Copland: Prelude for Piano Trio
Michael Boriskin, piano; Nicholas Kitchen, violin; Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Music From Copland House
Arabesque 6794
Giovanni Paolo Cima and Dario Castello: Two Sonatas in Stile Moderno
Red Priest: Piers Adams, recorders; David Greenberg, violin; Angela East, cello; David Wright, harpsichord
Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Aaron Copland: Suite from Billy the Kid
Artosphere Festival Orchestra; Corrado Rovaris, conductor
Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Flute and Strings in D major, K. 285
Lorna McGhee, flute; Augustin Hadelich, violin; Richard O'Neill, viola; Ronald Thomas, cello
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
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