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Weekend of November 3, 2012

Exploiting Diversity

Perhaps no other instrument has as many facets as the guitar. It's part of nearly every culture and sub-culture in the world. John Dearman, one of the members of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, says that's the key to its success. He says, "The way to make classical guitar work is to exploit the diversity." John Dearman and the other members of the LAGQ will be in the PT studios today, following their own advice, exploiting the diversity of the guitar. We'll hear them in everything from 17th century Spain to modern-day jazz.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Edvard Grieg
    Summer Evening and Remembrances, from Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Op. 71
    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
  • Carl Maria von Weber
    Overture to Silvana, J. 87
    The RTE National Symphony Orchestra, John Finucane, conductor
    National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
  • Antonin Dvorak
    Silent Woods, from Ze Sumavy (From the Bohemian Forest), Op. 68, B.133
    William Wolfram and Andrew Armstrong, piano
    Seattle Chamber Music Society Winter Festival, Seattle
  • Georg Philipp Telemann
    Concerto in E Minor for Flute, Violin, Strings, and Basso Continuo, TWV 52:e3
    REBEL
    International Handel Festival, Gottingen, Germany
  • George Frideric Handel
    Bourree from Water Music Suite in D , HWV 349
    REBEL
    International Handel Festival, Gottingen, Germany
  • Edvard Grieg
    Til Varen (To Spring), Op. 43, No. 6
    Juho Pohjonen, piano
    Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
  • Edvard Grieg
    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
    The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Damian Iorio, conductor
    The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

hour 2

  • Steve Howe
    Aire para un Dia (Mood for a Day)
    The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
  • Niccolo Paganini
    Solo Violin Caprice No. 19 in E-flat, Op. 1
    Augustin Hadelich, violin
    Congress Hall, Saarbrucken, Germany
  • Hector Berlioz
    First movement from Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
    The Aspen Festival Orchestra, Osmo Vanska, conductor
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • Perfchat with the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
  • Andrew York
    Djembe
    The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Traditional (arranged by William Kanengiser)
    Music from the Time of Cervantes
    The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Miles Davis
    Blue in Green
    The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Paulo Bellinati
    A Furiosa
    The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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