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November 30, 2009
Enigma in toronto
Whatever the enigma is behind Sir Edward Elgar's "Enigma Variations" - and we've had theories posited on "Performance Today" - it's still magnificent music, a grand showcase for an outstanding orchestra. Peter Oundjian will lead one, the Toronto Symphony, at a concert in Toronto.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Georges Bizet
"Carillon" from "L'Arlesienne" Suite No. 1
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra with conductor Andrew Davis
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Yu Shi Wang
"Sunflowers"
Pianist Yundi Li
Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany
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Francis Poulenc
Rondo from Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Oboist Christian Wetzel, bassoonist Dag Jensen and pianist Andreas Bach
Spannungen Chamber Music Festival, Heimbach, Germany
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Sir Edward Elgar
"Enigma Variations," Op. 36
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra with conductor Peter Oundjian
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Church Sonata in E-flat, K. 67, and Church Sonata in F, K. 244
Violinist Ani Kavafian and Tien-Hsin Wu, cellist Peter Wiley and organist James Welch
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
hour 2
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Frederic Chopin
Nocturne in A-flat, Op. 32, No. 2
Pianist Maurizio Pollini
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Franz Liszt and Felix Mendelssohn
Variations on the "Wedding March"
Pianist Arcadi Volodos
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Fragments in A-flat, Op. Post.
Pianist Arcadi Volodos
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Sir Edward Elgar
"La Capricieuse"
Violinist Nai-Yuan Hu and pianist Alain Jacquon
Newport Music Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
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Henryk Wieniawski
Capriccio-Valse
Violinist Nai-Yuan Hu and pianist Alain Jacquon
Newport Music Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 19
Pianist Maurizio Pollini with the Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Claudio Abbado
The Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
