November 26, 2008
"The Bourgeois Gentleman"
Today marks the Performance Today debut of Houston's River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. Conductor JoAnn Falletta leads them in a recent performance of Richard Strauss' suite, "The Bourgeois Gentleman." Written for a play by Moliere, it's music about a commoner who aspires to join the nobility. Strauss manages to make fun of both along the way.
Today's Playlist
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to "La Clemenza di Tito"
The Lausanne Chamber Orchestra with conductor Yehudi Menuhin
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Claude Debussy
"Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" from "Children's Corner"
Pianist Michel Dalberto
Chopin Manor, Duszniki Zdroj, Poland
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Maurice Ravel
"Ondine" from "Gaspard de la Nuit"
L'Octuor de France
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Pat Girardot from Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento for Oboe and Orchestra
Oboist Beat Anderwert with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and conductor Christian Zacharias
Metropole Hall, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Franz Schubert
"Kupelwieser" Waltz
Pianist Michel Dalberto
Chopin Manor, Duszniki Zdroj, Poland
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Aaron Copland
Prelude for Piano Trio
Pianist Michael Boriskin, violinist Nicholas Kitchen, and cellist Wilhelmina Smith
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Charles Trenet
"April in Paris" and "Street Corner"
Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin
Grand Theatre, Quebec, Canada
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Richard Strauss
"Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme," Op. 60
The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra with conductor JoAnn Falletta
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston
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Aaron Copland
"Simple Gifts" from "Appalachian Spring"
Prairie Winds
Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan