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Weekend of March 21, 2009

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Cecile Chaminade
    "Danse Paienne," Op. 158
    Pianists Bengt Forsberg and Peter Jablonski
  • Astor Piazzolla
    "Four, for Tango"
    Violinists Steven Copes and Stefan Hersh, violist Virginia Barron, and cellist Bion Tsang
    Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • Claude Debussy
    Sonata for Cello and Piano, L. 153
    Cellist Ralph Kirshbaum and pianist Peter Jablonski
    The Frick Collection, New York City
  • "The Piano Puzzler"
    This week's contestant is Doug Griggs from Georgetown, Kentucky.
  • Anton Webern
    "Im Sommerwind"
    The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons
    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

hour 2

  • Cecil Burleigh
    "Moto Perpetuo"
    Violinist Jascha Heifetz and pianist Milton Kaye
  • Sergei Prokofiev
    Etude, Op. 2, No. 3
    Pianist Evgeny Kissin
    Carnegie Hall, New York City
  • Frederic Chopin
    Etude No. 8 in F Major, Op. 10
    Pianist Vladimir Horowitz
    Carnegie Hall, New York City
  • Moritz Moszkowski
    Etude No. 11 in A-flat Major, Op. 72
    Pianist Vladimir Horowitz
    Carnegie Hall, New York City
  • John Stafford Smith
    "The Star-Spangled Banner"
    The New York Philharmonic with conductor Leonard Bernstein
    New York City
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Finale from Symphony No. 9 ("Choral")
    The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with conductor Leonard Bernstein
    Schauspielhaus, Berlin, Germany
  • Johann Strauss
    "Vergnugungszug" Polka
    The National Symphony Orchestra with cellist Mstislav Rostropovich
    Moscow Conservatory, Moscow, Russia
  • John Philip Sousa
    "Stars and Stripes Forever"
    The National Symphony Orchestra with conductor Mstislav Rostropovich
    Moscow Conservatory, Moscow, Russia
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