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March 26, 2009

Music from Ramallah

Conductor Daniel Barenboim formed the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with young musicians from several Middle Eastern countries. The group performed an historic concert in the Palestinian city of Ramallah on the West Bank, and we'll go there to hear performances of a Mozart Sinfonia Concertante and some of Sir Edward Elgar's "Enigma" Variations.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Overture to "Cosi fan tutte"
    The Berlin Philharmonic with conductor Daniel Barenboim
  • Giovanni Gabrieli
    Canzona noni toni a 12
    The Stuttgart Radio Brass
    Aula Paolo VI, Vatican City
  • Franz Schubert
    "Tauschung" and "Die Nebensonnen" from "Winterreise," D. 911
    Baritone Thomas Quasthoff and pianist Daniel Barenboim
    Philharmonie, Berlin
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K. 297b
    Mohamed Saleh, oboe; Kinan Azmeh, clarinet; Mor Biron, bassoon; and Sharon Polyak, French horn, with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and conductor Daniel Barenboim
    Cultural Palace, Ramallah, West Bank
  • Sir Edward Elgar
    "Nimrod" from "Enigma Variations," Op. 36
    The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with conductor Daniel Barenboim
    Cultural Palace, Ramallah, West Bank
  • Frederic Chopin
    Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9, No. 2
    Pianist Yundi Li
    Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany

hour 2

  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Hungarian Dance
    Violinist Kyung Wha Chung and pianist Itamar Golan
  • Claude Debussy
    Petite Piece
    Clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Derek Han
    Music@Menlo Festival, Palo Alto, California
  • Johannes Brahms
    Intermezzo in A Minor from Six Pieces, Op. 118
    Pianist Lang Lang
    Tanglewood Festival, Lenox, Massachusetts
  • Joseph Suk
    Serenade for Cello and Piano in A Major, Op. 3, No. 2
    Cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Ana Maria Vera
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 13
    The BBC Symphony Orchestra with conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
    Royal Albert Hall, London, England
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