June 30, 2008

Hold your applause...or don't

Conductor David Robertson addresses the controversy about whether it's appropriate to applaud between movements of a symphony or not. His words to the audience come between the movements of a stirring performance of Dvorak's Eighth Symphony by the Los Angeles Philharmonic in L.A.

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hour 1

Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann
"Die 12" in Bossa-nova ("Variacoes brasileiras")
The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Benjamin Britten
"Metamorphoses after Ovid"
Oboist Jean-Louis Capezzali
Salle Pleyel, Paris
Johannes Stockem
"Brunette"
Piffaro
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Peter Tchaikovsky
"July", "August", "September", "October", "November" and "December" from "The Seasons"
Pianist Wu Han
National Public Radio Studios, Washington, D.C.
Alexander Borodin
"Polovtsian Dances" from "Prince Igor"
The Berlin Philharmonic with conductor Sir Simon Rattle
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany

hour 2

Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue IV for five voices, BWV 849
The Emerson String quartet
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3
Pianist Lang Lang
Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
Traditional
"Happy Holidays"
Pianist Lang Lang
Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88
The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor David Robertson
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

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