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December 10, 2008
Armed only with a baton
Today we continue our week-long look at the Cleveland Orchestra, one of the world's finest. They've had lots of colorful characters at the podium, including one who always conducted with a pistol in his back pocket. Today, we'll hear guest conductor Robert Spano lead the orchestra in music by Wagner and Ravel, from a concert in Cleveland.
Today's Playlist
hour 1
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Maurice Ravel
"Oiseaux Tristes" No. 2
Pianist Maurice Ravel
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Richard Wagner
Overture to "Tannhauser"
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Robert Spano
Severance Hall, Cleveland
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"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Abigail Cross from Somerville, Massachusetts.
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Maurice Ravel
"Rapsodie Espagnole"
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Robert Spano
Severance Hall, Cleveland
hour 2
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Jean Sibelius
Alla Marcia from "Karelia" Suite, Op. 11, No. 3
The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Leif Sagerstam
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Waldemar Kazanecki and Gabriela Montero
Improvisation on Waltz from the film, "Nights and Days"
Pianist Gabriela Montero
Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 82
The West German Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Semyon Bychkov
Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
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Jan Sandstrom
"Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming"
The Stockholm Music College Chorus with conductor Bengt Ollen
St. Clare's Church, Stockholm, Sweden
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Anonymous
"Verbum Patris Umanatur"
In Mulieribus with conductor Anna Song
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Portland, Oregon
