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April 20, 2011
The St. Matthew Passion
PT recently talked with cinematographer Rob Hahn (Batman Returns, The Addams Family) about his life-long relationship with Bach's St. Matthew Passion. He told of blaring it out his apartment window when he was six, of performing it with the New York Philharmonic and Leonard Bernstein when he was nine, of weeping at a recent performance where his daughter was one of the soloists. In today's show, we'll hear the 1962 recording featuring Leonard Bernstein, the New York Philharmonic, and boy soprano Rob Hahn.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Carl Nielsen
Overture to Maskarade
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
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Francois Couperin
Excerpt from Tenebrae Readings for Holy Wednesday
Concerto Vocale, Rene Jacobs, director
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Francois Couperin
Harpsichord Piece No. 15 in A Minor, Book 3 (Musette de Taverny)
Edwin Swanborn, harpsichord, Robert Stallman, flute, Karl Bennion, cello
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is David Engel from Norfolk, Virginia
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Carl Nielsen
Aladdin Suite, Op. 34
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Copenhagen Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
hour 2
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Gioachino Rossini
William Tell Overture
The New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, conductor
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Antoine Forqueray
Le Carillon de Passy, from Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in G Minor
Vittorio Ghielmi, viola da gamba, Luca Pianca, archlute
Tropical Baroque Festival, Coral Gables, Florida
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Excerpts from the St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
The Collegiate Chorale, the Boys' Choir of the Church of the Transfiguration, soloists, the New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, conductor
