For many Americans, it's a once in a lifetime chance to see an extraordinary celestial event. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll celebrate the total eclipse with music inspired by the moon and sun.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'or: Hymn to the Sun
Nina Kotova, cello; Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor
Nina Kotova
Philips 462612
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 'Moonlight': Adagio sostenuto
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
University of Georgia, Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Nico Muhly: Three Moon Songs: Movements 1 & 3
Chanticleer; William Fred Scott, conductor
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Frode Fjellheim: Eatnamen Vuelie (Song of the Earth)
Gary Gibson, percussion; Northwest Girlchoir; Sara Boos, conductor
Classical KING FM 98.1, KING FM Studios, Seattle, WA
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130
Doric String Quartet: Alex Redington, violin; Jonathan Stone, violin; Helene Clement, viola; John Myerscough, cello
Union College Concert Series, Union College - Memorial Chapel, Schenectady, NY
David Bruce: Cymbeline
Avi Avital, mandolin; Dover String Quartet
String Theory at the Hunter, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Hour 2
Robert Schumann: Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6; No 17
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Schumann: Davidsbundlertanze, Fantasie
Decca 4782280
Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No 1, BWV 812
Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach and the Max Planck Institute, The Benjamin School, Jupiter, FL
Robert Schumann (trans. Franz Liszt): Widmung (Dedication)
Lise de la Salle, piano
from a concert with Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 in A major Opus 90 "Italian"
Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
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