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June 20, 2008

celebrating summer

Summer has finally arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. We're celebrating with music of the summer season in both hours of Performance Today. Everyone from violinist Joshua Bell to pianist Lang Lang will be turning up the heat with great performances. Plus, we'll hear two versions of the same work, George Gershwin's beautiful "Summertime."

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Oskar Merikanto
    "Summer Night Waltz," Op. 1
    The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Leif Segerstam
  • George Gershwin
    "Summertime"
    Pianist Fazil Say
    Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Leroy Anderson
    Bugler's Holiday
    The Sotto Voce Tuba Quartet
    Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Anton Webern
    "Im Sommerwind," Idyll for Large Orchestra
    The NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Ejie Oue
    Grand Studio, Hanover, Germany
  • Othmar Schoeck
    "Sommernacht," Pastoral Intermezzo for Strings, Op. 58
    The Lucerne Festival Strings with conductor Achim Fiedler
    Louisiana Museum of Modern Arts, Humlebaek, Denmark
  • Augusta Read Thomas
    "Midsummer Blaze: Alleluia"
    Chanticleer with conductor Joseph Jennings
    St. Philip Neri Church, Portland, Oregon
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar
    "Poco allegretto," from "Sensommarnatter (Late Summer Nights)"
    Pianist Lang Lang
    Nobel Prize Concert, Stockholm, Sweden

hour 2

  • Astor Piazzolla
    "Verano Porteno (Summer in Buenos Aires)"
    Guitarist Manuel Barrueco
  • Antonio Vivaldi
    "Spring" and "Summer" from "The Four Seasons"
    Violinist Joshua Bell and the Indiana University Festival Orchestra
    Summer Music Festival, Bloomington, Indiana
  • Samuel Barber
    "Knoxville: Summer of 1915," Op. 24
    Soprano Carolyn Sampson and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Nicholas McGegan
    Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Amy Beach
    Third Movement from the Suite for Two Pianos on Irish Melodies, Op. 104
    Pianists Susan and Sarah Wang (second place winners)
    Dranoff International Two Piano Competition, Miami, Florida
  • George Gershwin
    "Summertime"
    The New Century Saxophone Quartet
    Kaul Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
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