April 8, 2008
Rachmaninoff's second symphony
We're broadcasting from Los Angeles today. And this week's "Performance Today" will feature several performances by the L.A. Philharmonic at Disney Hall. Today, Paavo Jarvi leads the orchestra in the final three movements of Sergei Rachmaninoff's very dramatic Symphony No. 2.
Today's Playlist
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Nicolo Paganini
Sonata No. 4, Op. 3
Violinist Gil Shaham and guitarist Goran Sollscher
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Franz Schubert
Last Variation from Introduction and Variations on "Ihr Blumlien alle"
Flutist Paula Robison and pianist Rudolf Serkin
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
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Chen Gang and He Zhanhao
The "Butterfly Lovers" Violin Concerto
Violinist Gil Shaham
The Singapore Symphony Orchestra with conductor Lan Shui
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Antonin Dvorak
Finale from Piano Trio in F Minor, Op. 65
Pianist David Golub, violinist Glenn Dicterow and cellist James Kreger
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Menuetto from Serenade in B-flat for 13 Wind Instruments, K. 361
The Scottish National Orchestra Wind Ensemble with conductor Paavo Jarvi
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
"Manchega," Op. 38, Concert Etude for Piano, and "Le Bananier," Op. 5, Chanson Negre for Piano
Pianist Cecile Licad
Radio Studio, Bremen, Germany
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Paulo Jorge Ferreira
"Infinito Grego"
Duo Damian
Belem Cultural Center, Lisbon, Portugal
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Second, third and fourth movements from Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Paavo Järvi
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles