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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

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hour 1

  • Isaac Albeniz
    El Puerto, from Iberia
    The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
  • Leos Janacek
    Lachian Dances, JW VI/17
    The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Daniel Harding, conductor
    The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • The Piano Puzzler
    This week's contestant is Tom Nicholson from Lynn Center, Illinois
  • David Crittenden
    A Scottish Fantasy
    The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
    International Festival & Institute at Round Top, Round Top, Texas

hour 2

  • Eugene Ysaye
    Reve d'enfant, Op. 14
    Midori Goto, violin, Robert McDonald, piano
  • Ole Bull
    Folksong improvisation on 'La melancholie'
    Berit Opheim, vocals
  • Ole Bull
    I ensomme stunde, from 'La melancholie'
    Arve Tellefsen, violin, Sveinung Bjelland, piano
    Bergen International Festival, Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway
  • Ole Bull
    Cantabile Doloroso and Rondo Giocoso
    Eldjorg Hemsing, violin, Sveinung Bjelland, piano
    Bergen International Festival, Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway
  • 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
  • Ernest Bloch
    Violin Sonata No. 2 "Poem mystique"
    Midori Goto, violin, Ozgur Aydin, piano
    Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Theatre, Itzehoe, Germany
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