May 14, 2008
Dancing to the movies
Our first hour is devoted to music designed for dancing, including a dance-friendly "Piano Puzzler" and a slice of Ravel's ballet, "Daphnis and Chloe," from Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Hall. And our second hour features music that's played a starring role in such films as "The Red Violin,""The Pianist,""The Piano" and "Amadeus."
Today's Playlist
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Franz Schubert
"The Bee"
Violinist Renaud Capucon and pianist Jerome Ducros
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Valse Sentimentale
Violinist Renaud Capucon and pianist Jerome Ducros
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Carl Maria von Weber
"An Invitation to the Dance"
Flutist Tara Helen O'Connor, clarinetist Todd Palmer, harpist Catrin Finch, bassist Edward Allman and the St. Lawrence String Quartet
Spoleto Chamber Music Festival, Charleston, South Carolina
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Arthur Foote
Sarabande and Rigaudon
Trio Virtuosi
George Bush Conference Center, College Station, Texas
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Astor Piazzolla
"Libertango"
Quartet San Francisco
Yoshi's, San Francisco
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"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Jeanette McCormick from Choteau, Montana
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Maurice Ravel
Act Two of the complete ballet music from "Daphnis and Chloe"
The Los Angeles Philharmonic and Pacific Chorale with conductor Gustavo Dudamel
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Jonny Greenwood
"Prospectors' Quartet" from "There Will Be Blood"
The Emperor Quartet
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Patrick Doyle
"What Players are They" from "Hamlet"
A studio orchestra with conductor Robert Ziegler
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John Corigliano
Third and fourth movements from "The Red Violin" Concerto
Violinist Joshua Bell with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore
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Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp Minor, Op. Posthumous
Pianist Mikhail Pletnev
Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland
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Michael Nyman
"The Heart Asks Pleasure First"
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Hans Graf
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul