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March 21, 2012

The Sound of the American West

Composer Aaron Copland was a city slicker from Brooklyn, New York. And yet he instinctively knew how to capture the sound of the great open spaces of the American West. Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony play highlights from Copland's cowboy ballet, Billy the Kid, in a special gala concert in honor of the orchestra's 100th anniversary.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Carl Nielsen
    Overture to Maskarade
    The San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
  • Maurice Ravel
    Second movement from Sonata for Violin and Cello
    Julia Fischer, violin, Daniel Muller-Schott, cello
    Rainier III Auditorium, Monaco
  • Emil Kroitor
    Wedding Hora
    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet, Gilles Vonsattel, piano, Nicholas Canellakis, cello
    Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson, South Carolina
  • Paul Simon
    Hobo's Blues
    The Adaskin String Trio
    Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida
  • The Piano Puzzler
    This week's contestant is Tom Veltre from Queens, New York
  • Aaron Copland
    Ballet Suite from Billy the Kid
    The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

hour 2

  • Joseph Haydn
    First movement from Quartet in D, Op. 76, No. 5 (Erdody)
    The Johannes String Quartet
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul
  • Henry Purcell
    In Nomine in G Minor
    The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze, conductor
    City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Joan Ambrosio Dalza
    Two Works for Harp and Vihuela
    Rolf Lislevand, lute, Arianna Savall, harp
    Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
  • Joseph Haydn
    Symphony No. 97 in C, Hob. I:97 (London)
    The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, conductor
    Verbier Festival, Verbier, Switzerland
  • Grazyna Bacewicz
    Polish Caprice
    Piotr Plawner, violin
    Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
  • Franz Liszt
    Paganini Etude in E-flat for Piano, S. 141, No. 2
    Yefim Bronfman, piano
    The Schubert Club, St. Paul
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