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November 4, 2008

Music for election day

On today's show we'll feature performances from cities that John McCain and Barack Obama have called home. We'll have performances from Phoenix, Chicago, and the city where both have lived and worked lately - Washington, D.C. And to prove that Performance Today is as neutral as the Swiss, we'll feature a performance by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Duke Ellington
    "Caravan" and "I'm Beginning to See the Light"
    The Chestnut Brass Company
  • Ottorino Respighi
    Prelude to "The Birds"
    The Eclipse Chamber Orchestra with conductor Sylvia Alimena
    George Washington Masonic Memorial, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Dmitri Shostakovich
    Allegro from Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93
    The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra with conductor Jose-Luis Novo
    Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, Maryland
  • Josef Haydn
    Cello Concerto in C, Hob. VIIb:1
    Cellist and conductor Heinrich Schiff with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra
    Zeppelinhaus, Friedrichshafen, Germany
  • Queen Lili'uokalani
    "Ku'u Pua i Paoakalani"
    Soprano Kim Sueoka with the Rose Ensemble
  • Maurice Ravel
    "Introduction and Allegro for Flute, Clarinet, Harp and String Quartet"
    Members of the Nash Ensemble
    92nd Street Y, New York City

hour 2

  • David Diamond
    Allegro Molto Vivace from "Rounds for String Orchestra"
    The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra with conductor Gerard Schwarz
  • Giovanni Gabrieli
    Canzons II and IV
    The Atlantic Brass Quintet
    Faith Presbyterian Church, Sun City, Arizona
  • Robert Schumann
    "Three Romances"
    Violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Jeremy Denk
    Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • Josef Haydn
    Keyboard Concerto in D, Hob. XVII:11
    Harpist Xavier de Maistre with the KBS Symphony Orchestra and conductor Alexander Lazarev
    Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
  • Johann Erasmus Kindermann
    "Sonata Seconda"
    Harpsichordist Kristian Bezuidenhout
    Paine Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Allegro from Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor
    Violinists Georg Kallweit and Midori Seiler with the Academy for Ancient Music
    Mandel Hall, Chicago
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