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
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Richard Wagner
"Magic Fire Music" from "Die Walkure"
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor George Szell
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Stevie Wonder, Isaac Albeniz, and Kool and the Gang
"Mash-up I" Medley
The Richter Uzur Duo
Broyhill Music Center, Boone, North Carolina
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Jacob von Eyck
"The Frog" Galliard
Julien Martin, recorder, and Skip Sempe, harpsichord
Musica Antica Early Music Festival, Bruges, Belgium
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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
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Franz Welser-Most
Severance Hall, Cleveland
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Charles Griffes
"Clouds"
The Buffalo Philharmonic with conductor JoAnn Falletta
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Two Fugues from "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080
Pianists Ya-Fei Chuang and Robert Levin
Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, Oregon
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Movements Two through Four from "Scheherazade," Op. 35
The Buffalo Philharmonic with conductor JoAnn Falletta
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
"Vocalise"
Flutist Dora Seres and pianist Steven Beck
Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia