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December 17, 2012
What Music Should Mean
Robin Ticciati is an up-and-coming young British conductor. When Ticciati was a teenager, he studied conducting with Sir Colin Davis. Ticciati remembers Davis guiding him through Edward Elgar's "Enigma Variations" during conducting lessons in Davis' garden. When they got to the gravely beautiful "Nimrod" variation, Davis stopped and said, "This is what music should mean to you." In today's show, Ticciati fills in for the ailing Colin Davis in a performance of, you guessed it, Elgar's "Enigma Variations," from a concert in London.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Traditional
Lo! he Comes with Clouds Descending
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Richard Marlow, director
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Stephen Foster
Slumber My Darling
Alison Krauss, singer, Mark O'Connor, violin, Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Edgar Meyer, bass
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Frederic Chopin
Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20
The Glass Duo
International Chopin Piano Festival, Duszniki Zdroj, Poland
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Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
The London Symphony Orchestra, Robin Ticciati, conductor
Barbican Hall, London, England
hour 2
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Appalachian Traditional (arranged by John Rutter)
I Wonder as I Wander
Seraphic Fire, Patrick Dupre Quigley, director
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Traditional Scottish
The Jolly Beggar
The Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen, conductor
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Samuel Barber
Essay No. 2, Op. 17
The French National Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
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Traditional Spiritual (arranged by Rollo Dilworth)
Sistah Mary
Chicago a cappella
Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville, Illinois
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Traditional (arranged by Stephen Paulus)
Hallelu!
The Utah State University Chamber Singers, Rebecca Woodruff, harp, Cory Evans, director
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Hyde Park, Utah
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Traditional French (arranged by Abbe Pellegrin)
O Come Divine Messiah
The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles
The Priory of Our Lady of Ephesus, Gower, Missouri
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Francois Couperin
Excerpts from Pieces de Clavecin, Sixieme Ordre in B-flat
Angela Hewitt, piano
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Traditional (arranged by Christopher Aspaas)
Love and Joy Come to you Medley
St. Olaf Combined Choirs, St. Olaf Orchestra, Christopher Aspaas, James Bobb, Sigrid Johnson, Anton Armstrong, and Steven Amundson, conductors
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Northfield, Minnesota
