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Weekend of February 25, 2012

The Oscars

The Academy Awards are happening this Sunday evening. We'll take a look at some of this year's Oscar nominees for best film score, including music by John Williams, who now has 47 nominations. He's up for two different films this year. And we'll hear from this year's frontrunner, Ludovic Bource's score for "The Artist."

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Maurice Ravel
    Epilogue, from Noble and Sentimental Waltzes
    The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Oboe Concerto in A, BWV 1055
    Albrecht Mayer, oboe d'amore, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
    Carnegie Hall, New York City
  • Reynaldo Hahn
    A Chloris
    Albrecht Mayer, oboe, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
    Carnegie Hall, New York City
  • The Piano Puzzler
    This week's contestant is Ben Fowler from Helena, Montana
  • Gabriel Faure
    Pavane in F-sharp Minor for Choir and Orchestra
    The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Concert Choir, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
    The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Maurice Ravel
    Two movements from Sonata for Violin and Piano
    Joshua Bell, violin, Jeremy Denk, piano
    Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix

hour 2

  • Alexander Desplat
    Excerpts from My Week with Marilyn
    Lang Lang, piano
  • Ludovic Bource
    Excerpts from the Artist
    The Brussels Philharmonic, Ernst Van Tiel, conductor
  • Maurice Ravel
    Introduction and Allegro
    The Israeli Chamber Project
    Enav Hall, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Judd Greenstein
    Clearing, Dawn, Dance
    yMusic
  • Richard Strauss
    Serenade in E-flat, Op. 7, TrV 106
    The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
    Carnegie Hall, New York City
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