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Weekend of June 23, 2012
The Isle of the Dead
A rocky island, surrounded by black water, with a dark sky overhead. A boatman is rowing toward an out-cropping where, presumably, his ghostly white passenger will spend the rest of time. It's a painting by Arnold Bocklin called "The Isle of the Dead." Sergei Rachmaninoff was so taken with the painting that he wrote a tone poem called "The Isle of the Dead." We'll hear it today, from a concert in Cincinnati.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Antonin Dvorak
Klid, Op. 68, No. 5 (Silent Woods)
Alisa Weilerstein, cello, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
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Gyorgy Ligeti
Concerto Romanesc
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Ben Blum from Maynard, Massachusetts
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Igor Stravinsky
Suite Italienne
Alisa Weilerstein, cello, Inon Barnatan, piano
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
hour 2
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Women's Dance, from Aleko
The London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn, conductor
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2 (Quinten)
The St. Lawrence String Quartet
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
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Grizzly Bear (Arranged by Brian Smith)
Foreground
Revien
Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens Georgia
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Julian Kuerti, conductor
Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati
