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October 7, 2009
Thrilled to Bits
British composer and conductor Peter Maxwell Davies is considered a national treasure in the U.K. He celebrated his 75th birthday last month. The BBC Proms featured not one but two special concerts in Davies' honor. Davies humbly pronounced himself "thrilled to bits" at the honor. We'll hear a work from one of these concerts, where Davies conducted the Royal Philharmonic in Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Johann Strauss, Jr.
Czardas from "Die Fledermaus"
The London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Carl Davis
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Tomas Luis de Victoria
"Vidi Speciosam"
Stile Antico
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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Antonio Vivaldi
First Movement from Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3, No. 11 , RV 565
The Flanders Recorder Quartet
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Anna Dains from Lauderdate, MN.
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Claude Debussy
"Jeux"
The London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Vladimir Jurowski
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Claude Debussy
"Syrinx"
Flutist Jasmine Choi
Trinity Center for Urban Life, Philadelphia
hour 2
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Peter Maxwell Davies
"Farewell to Stromness"
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
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Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 in D ("Classical")
The Bellingham Festival Orchestra with conductor Michael Palmer
Bellingham Festival of Music, Bellingham, Washington
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Eric Ewazen
"Mosaics" for flute, bassoon and marimba
Marya Martin, flute, Peter Kolkay, bassoon, and Ayano Kataoka, marimba
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton, New York
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides Overture ("Fingal's Cave")
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
The BBC Proms, London, England
