Today's Playlist

hour 1

• Maurice Ravel
  "Sad birds"
  Pianist Marius Van Paassen
  
• Johann Sebastian Bach
  Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
  Flutist Emmanuel Pahud, harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock, and cellist Jonathan Manson
  Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
  
• Maurice Ravel
  Excerpt from '"Aborada del Gracioso"
  The Asian Youth Orchestra with conductor Richard Pontzious
  Cultural Centre, Hong Kong, China
  
• Mstislav Rostropovich
  Humoresque, Op. 5
  Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan and pianist Noreen Polera
  Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
  
• Emmanuel Chabrier
  "Les Cigales" ("The Cicadas")
  Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and pianist Malcom Martineau
  Ordway Center, St. Paul
  
• Emile Paladilhe
  "Psyche"
  Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and pianist Malcom Martineau
  Ordway Center, St. Paul
  
• "The Piano Puzzler"
  This week's contestant is Ruth Anderson from Collegedale, Tennessee
  
• Maurice Ravel
  Mother Goose Suite
  The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra with conductor Christopher Zimmerman
  St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, Houston
  
• Heinrich Biber
  "Musketeer's March" from Sonata in A for Violin and Continuo, C. 146
  Violinist Daniel Phillips, harpsichordist Robert Wolinsky, and bassist Peter Lloyd
  Music from Angel Fire, Taos, New Mexico
  

hour 2

• Johann Sebastian Bach
  Allegro from Sonata No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1018
  Violinist Rachel Podger and harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock
  
• Alexander Scriabin
  Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand Alone, Op. 9
  Pianist Sara Daneshpour
  The Frederic Chopin Society, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• Sergei Prokofiev
  Toccata, Op. 11
  Pianist Sara Daneshpour
  The Frederic Chopin Society, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• Sergei Rachmaninoff
  Etude-Tableau in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 6
  Pianist Sara Daneshpour
  The Frederic Chopin Society, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• Joseph Haydn
  Violin Concerto in C, Hob. Vlla:1
  Violinist and conductor Rachel Podger with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  International Chamber Orchestra Festival, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• Antonin Dvorak
  Adagio from String Quartet No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 34
  The American String Project
  Benaroya Hall, Seattle