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April 2, 2008

Enigma in toronto

Whatever the enigma is behind Sir Edward Elgar's "Enigma Variations" - and we've had theories posited on "Performance Today" - it's still magnificent music, a grand showcase for an outstanding orchestra. Peter Oundjian will lead one, the Toronto Symphony, at a concert in Toronto.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Felix Mendelssohn
    "Songs Without Words," Nos. 2 and 3, Op. 19
    Pianist Daniel Barenboim
  • Claudio Monteverdi
    "Cor mio, mentre vi miro" and "Io mi son giovinetta"
    The Atlantic Brass Quintet
    Faith Presbyterian Church, Sun City, Arizona
  • Claudio Monteverdi
    "A Lover's Tears at the Tomb of His Beloved"
    The Brentano String Quartet
    Katzin Concert Hall, Tempe, Arizona
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos
    Prelude No. 3 from Five Preludes for Solo Guitar
    Guitarist David Leisner
    Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, Massachusetts
  • "The Piano Puzzler"
    This week's contestant is Jim Little from West Hartford, Connecticut
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 107 ("Reformation")
    The Liege Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Pascal Rophe
    Philharmonic Hall, Liege, Belgium

hour 2

  • Georges Bizet
    "Carillon" from "L'Arlesienne" Suite No. 1
    The Toronto Symphony Orchestra with conductor Andrew Davis
  • Yu Shi Wang
    "Sunflowers"
    Pianist Yundi Li
    Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany
  • Francis Poulenc
    Rondo from Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
    Oboist Christian Wetzel, bassoonist Dag Jensen and pianist Andreas Bach
    Spannungen Chamber Music Festival, Heimbach, Germany
  • Sir Edward Elgar
    "Enigma Variations," Op. 36
    The Toronto Symphony Orchestra with conductor Peter Oundjian
    Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Church Sonata in E-flat, K. 67, and Church Sonata in F, K. 244
    Violinist Ani Kavafian and Tien-Hsin Wu, cellist Peter Wiley and organist James Welch
    Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
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