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October 1, 2008

Mozart from Minnesota

What's your favorite Mozart work? Mozart himself addressed that question, and he picked his Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Winds as his best. We'll hear it performed today by pianist Jon Kimura Parker and members of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, from a concert given in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Antonin Dvorak
    Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G Minor
    The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Leonard Bernstein
  • Antonin Dvorak
    "I Know That on My Love to Thee" from "Cypresses"
    The Hagen Quartet
    Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
  • John King
    "Shuffle"
    Ethel
    Windham Chamber Music Festival, Windham, New York
  • "The Piano Puzzler"
    This week's contestant is Anne Kocsis from Orchard Hill, Georgia
  • Antonin Dvorak
    "The Water Sprite," Op. 107
    The Brno Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Petr Altrichter
    Janacek Theatre, Brno, Czech Republic

hour 2

  • Frederic Chopin
    Etude in E, Op. 10, No. 3
    Pianist Jon Kimura Parker
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    "The Flight of the Bumblebee"
    Pianist Olga Kern
    Portland International Piano Festival, Portland, Oregon
  • Joseph Schwantner
    "Black Anemones"
    Flutist Leonard Garrison and pianist Jay Mauchley
    Red Lodge Civic Center, Red Lodge, Montana
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Winds
    Pianist Jon Kimura Parker and members of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
    Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau
    Suite from "Les Indes Galantes"
    The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic with conductor Ton Koopman
    The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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