Weekend of May 25, 2013

This month, soprano Deborah Voigt has been on stage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York singing the role of Brunnhilde in Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle. We asked Voigt what Wagner's music means to her as a singer. Her first answer was "LONG," but her second answer showed how she really feels. "You will constantly discover things in Wagner's music that you didn't hear" the first or even fifth time, she said. "It's just so rich." Deborah Voigt talks about the composer who is about to celebrate his 200th anniversary on Tuesday's Performance Today.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

Gabriel Faure
Souvenirs of Bayreuth (for piano 4-hands)
Jean-Philippe Collard, Bruno Rigutto, piano
Tan Dun
Eight Memories in Watercolor - Staccato Beans, Floating Clouds, Sunrain
Manuel Barrueco, guitar; Meng Su, guitar; Yameng Wang, guitar
92nd Street Y, Theresa L. Kaufmann Concert Hall
Richard Wagner
Prelude and Liebestod, from Tristan und Isolde
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Texas
Jean Francaix
L'horloge de flore (The Flower Clock)
Joseph Robinson, Oboe; Bellingham Festival Orchestra; Michael Palmer, conductor
WWU Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, Bellingham, WA

hour 2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Laudate Dominum, K. 339
Joshua Bell, violin; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Michael Stern, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 - 1. Preludio, 5. Loure, 6. Bourree
Gil Shaham, violin
Hirshhorn Museum at the Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.
Perfchat: Orchestra of St. Luke's
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 4
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
DiMenna Center, New York, NY
Antonio Carlos Jobim
A Felicidade
Jason Vieux, guitar
Classical KING FM, Seattle, WA

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