On Thursday's Performance Today, Michael Tilson Thomas reflects back to a humorous evening with Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, and the spirit of Igor Stravinsky. Then hear Leonard Bernstein conduct the New York Philharmonic in a performance of Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatina in C minor, WoO 43 No. 1
Lajos Mayer, mandolin; Imre Rohmann, piano
Beethoven Rarities
Hungaroton 12303
Elliot Cole: Postlude No. 8
GTMF Chamber Musicians: Richard Brown, Riely Francis, Craig Hausschildt, Tom Sherwood, bowed vibraphone
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 in A major Opus 90 "Italian"
Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": Movement 1
Dover Quartet
APM Recording
Young Artists 11
Hour 2
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
MTT Michael Tilson Thomas
RCA 68288
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Todd Palmer, clarinet; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
The Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Astor Piazzolla: Zum
Hector del Curto Quintet
The Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO
Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps - Bernstein
Sony 44709
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