We have quite a collection of music for the last day of October. One piece about a ghost who has nothing but good intentions. Another piece about the goings-on at a witches' sabbath, and we'll even hear a dancing chorus line of skeletons. Hear some evocative music for Halloween, on Wednesday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Modest Mussorgsky: In the Village
Vovka Ashkenazy, piano
Mussorgsky Songs, Vol. 4
Conifer 51274
Antonin Dvorak: The Noonday Witch
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor
Danse Macabre
Decca 4830396
Elmer Bernstein: Ghostbusters
Royal Philharmonic Pops; Elmer Bernstein, conductor
Elmer Bernstein By Elmer Bernstein
Denon 75288
William Bolcom: Three Rags for String Quartet: Movement 2 Graceful Ghost
Escher String Quartet
UGA & The CMSLC, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Sarah Painting from South Hadley, Massachusetts
Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
The Orchestra Now; Leon Botstein, conductor
Bard College, Bard's Fisher Center for The Performing Arts, Annandale On-Hudson, NY
Hour 2
Camille Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals: I. Intro and March of the Lion 5. The Elephant 6. Kangaroos
Renaud Capucon, violin; Esther Hoppe, violin; Beatrice Muthelet, viola; Gautier Capucon, cello; Frank Braley, piano; Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Le Carnaval Des Animaux
Virgin 45603
Camille Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre, Op. 40
Osip Nikiforov, piano
San Antonio International Piano Competition, Ruth Taylor Concert Hall, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
David Bruce: Gumboots
Owen Dalby and Geoff Nuttall, violins; Meena Bhasin, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Todd Palmer, clarinet
The Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Titan": Movement 4 Sturmisch Bewegt
Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra; Donald Runnicles, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
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