May 28, 2010
PT From the Virginia Arts Festival
Performance Today comes to you from the Virginia Arts Festival today and Monday. The VAF is a six-week celebration of arts and culture centered in and around Norfolk, Virginia. Host Fred Child is there, broadcasting from the studios of WHRO in Williamsburg. On today's show, we'll hear a recent VAF performance by the Orion String Quartet, playing Beethoven and Bach.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
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Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo from Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81
The Orion String Quartet, Peter Serkin, piano
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Finale from Whimsical Symphony
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, conductor and harpsichord
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Sergei Prokofiev
March from Music for Children, Op. 65
Gautier Capucon, cello
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat, Op. 74 (The Harp)
The Orion String Quartet
Virginia Arts Festival, Hampton, Virginia
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Georges Bizet
Intermezzo from Carmen
Debra Wendells Cross, flute, Robert Alemany, clarinet, JoAnn Falletta, guitar
Virginia Arts Festival, Gloucester, Virginia
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Antonin Dvorak
Nocturne in B, Op. 40
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ivan Fischer, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Ottorino Respighi
Butantan, from Brazilian Impressions
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Contrapunctus No. 1, from Art of the Fugue
The Orion String Quartet
Virginia Arts Festival, Hampton, Virginia
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Antonio Soler
Keyboard Sonata No. 88 in D-flat
Davide Cabassi, piano
Stelio Molo Auditorium, Lugano, Switzerland
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Traditional
The Water is Wide
Andreas Scholl, countertenor, Edin Karamazov, lute
City Hall, Wroclaw, Poland
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Traditional (Arranged by Frank Ticheli)
Shenandoah
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Frank Ticheli, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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Alec Wilder
Fourth movement from Woodwind Quintet No. 2
Members of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
The Music Room, St. Paul
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Kenneth Fuchs
An American Place
The Buffalo Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York