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February 12, 2010
Olympic Magic
The 2010 Winter Olympics begin today in Vancouver, British Columbia. Over 2600 athletes from nearly 100 countries will be competing, all looking for a little Olympic magic. In honor of the games, we have Jerry Neil Smith's "The Magic of the Mountain," from Oklahoma's Quartz Mountain Music Festival. Plus, Viktoria Mullova wraps up our week of terrific women violinists, performing the Beethoven Concerto in Beethoven's home town.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Gerald Finzi
Two movements from Seven Poems of Robert Bridges
Musica Intima
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Jerry Neil Smith
The Magic of the Mountain
The Quartz Mountain Music Festival Orchestra with conductor Michael Palmer
Quartz Mountain Music Festival, Lone Wolf, Oklahoma
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Gabriela Montero and The Doors
Improvisation on Light My Fire
Pianist Gabriela Montero
Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61
Violinist Viktoria Mullova with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and conductor Manfred Honeck
Beethoven Hall, Bonn, Germany
hour 2
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G Minor, Op 23, No. 5
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra with conductor Sergiu Comissiona
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Sergei Prokofiev
Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Yuri Temirkanov
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana, Illinois
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Roberto Sierra
Sinfonia No. 4
The Nashville Symphony Orchestra with conductor Giancarlo Guerrero
Laura Turner Hall, Nashville, Tennessee
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Libby Larsen
Will You Nill You, from A Lover's Journey
The King's Singers
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Harry Connick, Jr.
Recipe for Love
The King's Singers
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
