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May 21, 2009
The Lord of the Rings
With a cursed, magic ring, a broken sword, and battles between good and evil, Wagner's operatic Ring cycle has plenty in common with J.R.R. Tolkien's epic, "The Lord of the Rings." There's a new Tolkien book just out which retells the Norse legends surrounding Wagner's Ring. Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic recently performed a set of highlights from Wagner's "Gotterdammerung," featured in hour one of today's show.
Today's Playlist
hour 1
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Howard Shore
"Lord of the Rings Suite"
Flutist James Galway with the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Klauspeter Seibel
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Manuel de Falla
"Ritual Fire Dance," from "El Amor Brujo"
Pianist Aldo Ciccolini
KlaraFestival, Brussels, Belgium
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Frederic Chopin
Mazurka No. 2 in A-flat Minor, Op. 59
Pianist Aldo Ciccolini
KlaraFestival, Brussels, Belgium
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Richard Wagner
Orchestral Excerpts from "Gotterdammerung"
The Los Angeles Philharmonic with soprano Lisa Gasteen and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
hour 2
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Sergei Prokofiev
Folk Dance from "Romeo and Juliet"
The Cincinnati Symphony with conductor Paavo Jarvi
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Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger
Fantasie
Lutenist Hopkinson Smith
Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival, Cooperstown, New York
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Claude Debussy
"The Girl with the Flaxen Hair"
Pianist Simon Trpceski
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Joseph Haydn
First two movements from String Quartet in F, Op. 77, No. 2
The Daedalus String Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Steve Heitzeg
"Song Without Borders"
The Daedalus String Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 2 in D
Flutist Sharon Bezaly with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and conductor Paavo Jarvi
Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio
