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October 2, 2008

A Dudamel Workout

The young Venezuelan conductor is known for his energetic, gravity-defying conducting style. He stomps, he leaps, he grunts. Today Gustavo Dudamel puts in another aerobic workout conducting the Radio France Philharmonic in Zoltan Kodaly's "Dances from Galanta." Join us for Performance Today, and get your heart rate up.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Johan Halvorsen
    "Entry March of the Boyars"
    The Dallas Wind Symphony with conductor Frederick Fennell
  • Alun Hoddinott
    "Welsh Dances," Suite No. 2, Op. 64
    The BBC National Orchestra of Wales with conductor Thierry Fischer
    Performing Arts Center, Athens, Georgia
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Serenade No. 12 in C Minor, K. 388
    The Dallas Wind Symphony with conductor Jerry Junkin
    Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
  • Tomaso Antonio Vitali
    Chaconne in G Minor
    Violinist Helena Baillie and pianist Julian Riem
    Symphony Hall, Boston

hour 2

  • Zoltan Kodaly
    Allegramente from the Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12
    Violinists Vilmos Tatrai and Istvan Varkonyi, and violist Gyorgy Konrad
  • Albert Roussel
    "Bacchus and Ariane," Suite No. 2
    The Royal Scottish National Orchestra with conductor Stephane Deneve
    The BBC Proms, London, England
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    "The Nymph" and "The Nightingale and the Rose"
    Cellist Mischa Maisky and pianist Lily Maisky
    Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Zoltan Kodaly
    "Dances from Galanta"
    The Radio France Philharmonic with conductor Gustavo Dudamel
    The Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
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