April 17, 2009

L.A. Bids Farewell

Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen steps down from his post as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic this week. And today, we'll wrap up our week-long look at Salonen and his tenure at Los Angeles. On today's show, he leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition," in concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (pictured).

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

Traditional
"Holy Manna" and "Amanda"
Anonymous 4
Franz Liszt
"La Campanella" ("The Little Bell")
Pianist Valentina Lisitsa
Portland Piano International, Portland, Oregon
Modest Mussorgsky
"Pictures at an Exhibition"
The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Traditional
"Ecstasy"
Anonymous 4 with fiddler Darol Anger and guitarist Scott Nygaard
Virginia Arts Festival, Portsmouth, Virginia

hour 2

Astor Piazzolla
"Milonga en Re"
Violinist Gidon Kremer, pianist Vadim Sakharov, and bassist Alois Posch
Maurice Ravel
"Baccanale," from "Daphnis and Chloe"
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent, and la Chapelle Royale with conductor Bernard Haitink
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Franz Liszt
"Apres une Lecture du Dante: Fantasie Quasi Sonata"
Pianist Roberto Plano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
Astor Piazzolla
"Milonga del Angel"
Pianist Roberto Plano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
Daniel S. Godfrey
"Romanza"
The Cassatt String Quartet
Merkin Concert Hall, New York City

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