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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



hour 1

  • Nicolo Paganini
    Sonata No. 4, Op. 3
    Violinist Gil Shaham and guitarist Goran Sollscher
  • Franz Schubert
    Last Variation from Introduction and Variations on "Ihr Blumlien alle"
    Flutist Paula Robison and pianist Rudolf Serkin
    Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
  • Chen Gang and He Zhanhao
    The "Butterfly Lovers" Violin Concerto
    Violinist Gil Shaham
    The Singapore Symphony Orchestra with conductor Lan Shui
  • 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

hour 2

  • 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
  • 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
  • Paulo Jorge Ferreira
    "Infinito Grego"
    Duo Damian
    Belem Cultural Center, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 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
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