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Weekend of April 12, 2008

A week with the l.a. philharmonic

We're broadcasting from Los Angeles today, kicking off a week that will feature a performance a day by the L.A. Philharmonic, as well as conversations with music director Esa-Pekka Salonen and some of the orchestra's musicians. Today, Salonen leads them in Haydn's "Bear" Symphony and a piece by Alexander Mossolov at Disney Hall.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Johannes Brahms
    Andantino un poco agitato from Intermezzo in E Minor, Op. 119, No. 2
    Pianist Emanuel Ax
  • Erwin Schulhoff
    Tarantella
    The Vilnius String Quartet
    Occidental Community Church, Occidental, California
  • Francesco da Milano
    Saltarello: Il Pescatore che va cantando
    Lutenist Hopkinson Smith
  • Francesco Mancini
    Sonata Sesta in D
    Rebel
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Johannes Brahms
    Second, third and fourth movements from Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68
    The Dresden Philharmonic with conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
    Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Astor Piazzolla
    "Oblivion"
    Guitarist JoAnn Falletta, flutist Debra Wendells Cross and clarinetist Robert Alemany
    Virginia Arts Festival, Norfolk, Virginia
  • Enrique Granados
    Arabesca - Danse espagnole No. 12
    Guitarist JoAnn Falletta, flutist Debra Wendells Cross and clarinetist Robert Alemany
    Virginia Arts Festival, Norfolk, Virginia

hour 2

  • Dag Wiren
    March from "Serenade for Strings"
    The Stockholm Sinfoniette with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
  • Leo Delibes
    Pizzicati from "Sylvia"
    Pianist Stephen Hough
    Gates Hall, Denver
  • Olivier Messiaen
    "Praise to the Immortality of Jesus" from "Quartet for the End of Time"
    Violinist Jorja Fleezanis and pianist Gilbert Kalish
    St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, California
  • Caccini
    Aria di Romanesca: "Torna, deh torna"
    Countertenor Drew Minter
  • Alexander Mossolov
    "Iron Foundry"
    The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
  • Joseph Haydn
    Symphony No. 82 ("The Bear")
    The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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