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February 27, 2013
Eric Whitacre
Choral composer Eric Whitacre says, "I thought I was going to be a pop star. I never in my wildest dreams imagined I'd be a classical composer." Now at age 43, Whitacre has achieved the kind of star status he once dreamed of. But not in the pop world. He's a kind of rock star of contemporary choral composers. He has nearly 100,000 Facebook fans. Has his own choir, the Eric Whitacre Singers. Some young fans have even gotten Eric Whitacre tattoos. In today's show, Whitacre leads a choir of over 100 singers in one of his own works, "Sleep."
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
First movement from Piano Sonata in F-sharp Minor
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
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Eric Whitacre
Sleep
The St. Olaf Choir, VocalEssence, and Minnesota High School Honors Choir, Eric Whitacre, director
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Steve Hester from Macon, Georgia
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto in A Minor, Wq. 170 (H. 432)
Hidemi Suzuki, cello, the Holland Baroque Society, Stefano Rossi, director
Regensburg Early Music Days, Regensburg, Germany
hour 2
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George Gerswhin
But Not For Me
Joshua Bell, violin, the London Symphony Orchestra, John Williams, conductor
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George Gershwin
Overture to Girl Crazy
The French National Orchestra, Sofi Jeannin, conductor
Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, France
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Anton Arensky
Third movement from Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32
Trio con Brio Copenhagen
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, Massachusetts
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PT Young Artist-in-Residence
Coleman Itzkoff, cello
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Benjamin Britten
Excerpts from Solo Cello Suite No. 1
Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul
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Dan Visconti
Excerpt from Lonesome Roads
The Horszowski Trio
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Jay Ungar
Ashokan Farewell
The Miro Quartet
Temple Beth-El, San Antonio, Texas
