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October 3, 2011

Welcome Boston

This week, we welcome all our new listeners in and around Boston. PT is now being carried by Classical New England in Boston. In today's show, we'll feature great performances by James Levine and the Boston Symphony, and pay visits to the Boston Early Music Festival and the New England Conservatory, representing just a part of the vibrant arts scene in this historic city.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • William Byrd
    Psalm 126: Turn our captivity, O Lord
    Boston Camerata, Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble, Joel Cohen, conductor
  • Evaristo Felice dall'Abaco
    Aria and Allegro
    Ensemble Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini, director
    Boston Early Music Fesitval, Boston
  • Francois Couperin
    L'Et Caetera Ou Menuets, from Concerto No. 9 (Portrait of Love)
    Carol Ou, cello, Fenwick Smith, flute, Peter Sykes, harpsichord
    Jordan Hall, Boston
  • Lukas Foss
    For Aaron
    The Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Julian Kuerti, conductor
  • William Byrd
    Miserere Mihi
    Stile Antico
    Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
  • Maurice Ravel
    Jeux d'eau (Play of the Water)
    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
    Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, Massachusetts
  • Maurice Ravel
    Final Scene from Daphnis and Chloe
    The Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Levine, conductor
    Symphony Hall, Boston

hour 2

  • Claude Debussy
    Prologue from Cello Sonata in D Minor
    Mischa Maisky, cello, Martha Argerich, piano
  • Giovanni Gabrieli
    Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
    The New England Conservatory Brass Players, Charles Beltz, conductor
    Jordan Hall, Boston
  • Benny Golson
    I Remember Clifford
    Boston Brass
    Virginia Arts Festival, Newport News, Virginia
  • Frederic Chopin
    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11
    Martha Argerich, piano, Sinfonia Varsovia, Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor
    Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland
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