April 15, 2009

Los Angeles and Salonen

All this week on Performance Today, we've been featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic and outgoing music director Esa-Pekka Salonen. Salonen gives up the podium at the end of this week. He's made a big impact on the orchestra and the city of Los Angeles in his 17-year tenure there. On today's show, Salonen leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in music by Jean Sibelius.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

Jean Sibelius
"Valse Triste," Op. 44, No. 1
The Swedish Radio Symphony with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Traditional
"Tambourin" and "J'ai Vu le Loup"
Le Poeme Harmonique with conductor Vincent Dumestre
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
Agustin Barrios
"Una Limosna Por l'Amor de Dios" ("Alms for the Love of God")
Guitarist Julio Guerreiro
Belem Cultural Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Keith Weber from Houston, Texas.
Jean Sibelius
"Finlandia"
The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Jean Sibelius
"The Swan of Tuonela" and "Lemminkainen's Return," from Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22
The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

hour 2

Claude Debussy
"Reverie"
The Turtle Island String Quartet
Claude Debussy
"Ondine"
Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fantasie in F Minor for Mechanical Organ, K. 608
The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Modlin Center for the Arts, Richmond, Virginia

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