Weekend of April 2, 2011
Remembering Lee Hoiby
This weekend, PT remembers American composer Lee Hoiby who died on Monday at age 85. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of a used-car salesman.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
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Isaac Albeniz
El Puerto, from Iberia
The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
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Leos Janacek
Lachian Dances, JW VI/17
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Daniel Harding, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Tom Nicholson from Lynn Center, Illinois
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David Crittenden
A Scottish Fantasy
The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
International Festival & Institute at Round Top, Round Top, Texas
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Eugene Ysaye
Reve d'enfant, Op. 14
Midori Goto, violin, Robert McDonald, piano
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Ole Bull
Folksong improvisation on 'La melancholie'
Berit Opheim, vocals
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Ole Bull
I ensomme stunde, from 'La melancholie'
Arve Tellefsen, violin, Sveinung Bjelland, piano
Bergen International Festival, Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway
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Ole Bull
Cantabile Doloroso and Rondo Giocoso
Eldjorg Hemsing, violin, Sveinung Bjelland, piano
Bergen International Festival, Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway
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Nico Muhly
Excerpts from "Movements II and III from Detailed Instructions"
New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Peter Norton Symphony Space, New York, NY
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Ernest Bloch
Violin Sonata No. 2 "Poem mystique"
Midori Goto, violin, Ozgur Aydin, piano
Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Theatre, Itzehoe, Germany