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June 22, 2010
Philadelphia Chooses a new Music Director
For the last three years, the Philadelphia Orchestra has been searching for a new music director. The search is over, and today we'll introduce you to him, Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin. We'll also hear him lead his other orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, in excerpts from Berlioz'"Symphonie Fantastique."
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Hector Berlioz
Rakoczy March
The New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, conductor
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 3 in F, ZWV 184
The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor
Konzerthaus, Freiburg, Germany
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Henry Purcell
Chacony
The Flanders Recorder Quartet
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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William Walton
Chaconne: The Death of Falstaff, from the film Henry V
David Owen Norris, piano
The Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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William Walton
Touch her Soft Lips and Part, from Henry V Suite
The Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner, conductor
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne, Australia
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Hector Berlioz
Excerpts from Symphonie Fantastique
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
hour 2
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Gustav Holst
March from Suite No. 2 in F, Op. 28
The Cleveland Symphonic Winds, Frederick Fennell, conductor
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Alan Menken
Under the Sea
Quartet San Francisco
Yoshi's, San Francisco
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Malcolm Arnold
Second movement from Three Sea Shanties
Prairie Winds
Milliken Auditorium, Traverse City, Michigan
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Edvard Grieg
Ave Maris Stella
The Lausanne Vocal Ensemble, Michel Corboz, conductor
Abbey Church, Payerne, Switzerland
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Gustav Holst
Excerpts from the Planets
The Dresden Staatskapelle and the Dresden State Opera Women's Chorus, Charles Dutoit, conductor
Semperoper, Dresden, Germany
