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
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Felix Mendelssohn
"Songs Without Words," Nos. 2 and 3, Op. 19
Pianist Daniel Barenboim
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Claudio Monteverdi
"Cor mio, mentre vi miro" and "Io mi son giovinetta"
The Atlantic Brass Quintet
Faith Presbyterian Church, Sun City, Arizona
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Claudio Monteverdi
"A Lover's Tears at the Tomb of His Beloved"
The Brentano String Quartet
Katzin Concert Hall, Tempe, Arizona
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Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 3 from Five Preludes for Solo Guitar
Guitarist David Leisner
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, Massachusetts
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"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Jim Little from West Hartford, Connecticut
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 107 ("Reformation")
The Liege Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Pascal Rophe
Philharmonic Hall, Liege, Belgium
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Georges Bizet
"Carillon" from "L'Arlesienne" Suite No. 1
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra with conductor Andrew Davis
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Yu Shi Wang
"Sunflowers"
Pianist Yundi Li
Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany
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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
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Sir Edward Elgar
"Enigma Variations," Op. 36
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra with conductor Peter Oundjian
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario
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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