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December 8, 2008

Celebrating Cleveland

The Cleveland Orchestra is 90 years old this year, but they're sounding as fresh and exciting as ever. We'll help celebrate the anniversary by featuring performances by this great American orchestra every day this week. Today, the Cleveland Orchestra plays Brahms' fourth symphony at home in Severance Hall. Music director Franz Welser-Most conducts.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Richard Wagner
    "Magic Fire Music" from "Die Walkure"
    The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor George Szell
  • Stevie Wonder, Isaac Albeniz, and Kool and the Gang
    "Mash-up I" Medley
    The Richter Uzur Duo
    Broyhill Music Center, Boone, North Carolina
  • Jacob von Eyck
    "The Frog" Galliard
    Julien Martin, recorder, and Skip Sempe, harpsichord
    Musica Antica Early Music Festival, Bruges, Belgium
  • John Dowland
    "Now O Must I Needs Must Part"
    Julien Martin, recorder, with Capriccio Stravagante and conductor Skip Sempe
    Musica Antica Early Music Festival, Bruges, Belgium
  • Johannes Brahms
    Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
    The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Franz Welser-Most
    Severance Hall, Cleveland

hour 2

  • Charles Griffes
    "Clouds"
    The Buffalo Philharmonic with conductor JoAnn Falletta
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Two Fugues from "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080
    Pianists Ya-Fei Chuang and Robert Levin
    Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, Oregon
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Movements Two through Four from "Scheherazade," Op. 35
    The Buffalo Philharmonic with conductor JoAnn Falletta
    Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    "Vocalise"
    Flutist Dora Seres and pianist Steven Beck
    Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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