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December 1, 2009
Rocky 2, and a Memorable Tango
Sergei Rachmaninoff once said he had neither the ability nor the desire to write a symphony. Not long after saying that, he wrote an epic: his Symphony No. 2, full of grand romance. We'll go to a concert in Gothenburg, Sweden to hear Mark Wigglesworth conducting the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Plus: the most famous tango ever written: "La Cumparsita." Even if you don't know it by name, you'll recognize the tune, and you might have a hard time NOT singing along. The Cuarteto Latinoamericano played La Cumparsita in concert at the Strings Music Festival, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Henri Tomasi
Nocturne from Trumpet Concerto
Alison Balsom, trumpet, with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and conductor Edward Gardner
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Excerpts from Suite in G Minor
Apollo's Fire with conductor and harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Gerardo Matos Rodriguez
"La Cumparsita"
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Three movements from Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra with conductor Mark Wigglesworth
Concert Hall, Gothenburg, Sweden
hour 2
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp Minor from "The Well-Tempered Clavier"
Pianist Vladimir Feltsman
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony for Strings No. 10 in B Minor
Camerata Bern with conductor and violinist Kathrin Rabus
Saanen Church, Saanen, Switzerland
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C from "The Well-Tempered Clavier"
Pianist Vladimir Feltsman
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Quintet in B-flat, Op. 87
Violinists Alexander Kerr and Cho-Laing Lin, violists James Dunham and Paul Neubauer, and cellist Fred Sherry
MCASD Sherwood Auditorium, La Jolla, California
