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October 16, 2012

Love of his Life

We know that on at least one occasion, rock guitar legend Carlos Santana did what PT listeners do every day. He tuned his car radio to a classical music station. One of the tunes he heard that day jumped out and grabbed him, wouldn't let go. He had no idea what it was. After a little detective work and with the help of a record store clerk, Santana solved the mystery. We'll hear that tune, from Johannes Brahms' Third Symphony, and the sultry, smoky version Santana incorporated into his "Love of my Life."

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Leonard Bernstein
    Overture to Candide
    The Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue, conductor
  • Nicola Piovani
    La vita e Bella (Life is Beautiful)
    The Accademia Quartet
    Sergei Luchevici National Philharmonic, Chisinau, Moldova
  • Anonymous (text: Carmina Burana 31)
    Vite Perdite (Biblioteca Laurenziana, Florence)
    Ars Coralis Coeln, Maria Jonas, director
    Frauenkirche, Nuremberg, Germany
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
    Carol Wincenc, flute, Wu Han, harpsichord, Kristin Lee and Ian Swensen, violins, Paul Neubauer, viola, Dane Johansen, cello, Scott Pingel, bass
    Music@Menlo, Atherton, California
  • Gyorgy Ligeti
    Two Capriccios
    Victor Stanislavsky, piano
    Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
  • George Enescu
    Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11, No. 1
    The Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska, conductor
    Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis

hour 2

  • Max Reger
    Bacchanale, from Four Tone-Poems after Arnold Bocklin, Op. 128
    The Buffalo Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
  • Antonio de Salazar
    Quem Terra Pontus Sidera
    Chanticleer
    Mission Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California
  • Johannes Brahms
    Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90
    The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
    Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
  • Claude Debussy
    Nocturne and Scherzo for Cello and Piano
    Dane Johansen, cello, Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York City
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