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May 7, 2008

Six degrees of separation

After saying "Happy birthday" to Brahms and Tchaikovsky, we'll spend our second hour forging a connection between classical-era composer Christoph Gluck and the present day's Nico Muhly. The composers acting as links in this chain are Wagner, Mahler, Shostakovich and Britten. Among the performers are pianist Louis Lortie and Sinfonia Varsovia.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Johannes Brahms
    Second movement from Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 120
    Clarinetist Stanley Drucker and pianist Leonid Hambro
  • Peter Tchaikovsky
    "The Tempest"
    The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Thomas Ades
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
  • "The Piano Puzzler"
    This week's contestant is Maureen O'Brien from Montreal
  • Peter Tchaikovsky
    "Trepak" and "Russian Dance" from "The Nutcracker"
    Trio Voronezh
    Trinity Lutheran Church, Stillwater, Minnesota
  • Johannes Brahms
    Hungarian Dance No. 5
    Time for Three
    Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, Indianapolis

hour 2

  • Christoph Gluck
    Two Pantomimes from "Orphee et Eurydice"
    The San Francisco Opera Orchestra with conductor Donald Runnicles
  • Christoph Gluck
    "Ballet des Ombres Heureuses" from "Orphee et Eurydice"
    Red Priest
    Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
  • Richard Wagner
    "Dawn" and "Siegfried's Rhine Journey" from "Gotterdammerung"
    Pianist Louis Lortie
    Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto
  • Gustav Mahler
    "Rheinlegendchen" from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
    The Bergonzi String Quartet
    Festival Miami, Miami
  • Gustav Mahler
    "Urlicht" from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
    The United States Air Force Reserve Brass Quintet
    Falany Performing Arts Center, Waleska, Georgia
  • Dmitri Shostakovich
    First movement from Symphony No. 9 in E-flat, Op. 70
    Sinfonia Varsovia
    National Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
  • Benjamin Britten
    Second movement from Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68
    Cellist Christian Giger with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and conductor Richard Hickox
    Neues Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
  • Nico Muhly
    "Clear Music"
    Clarice Jensen, cello; Nico Muhly, celeste; and Monika Abendroth, harp
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