June 4, 2008
Wagner in Switzerland
For a concert at this spring's Lucerne Festival, conductor Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony devoted the evening to music from the operas of Richard Wagner. We'll drop in to hear a pair of great orchestral showcases: "Siegfried's Funeral March" from "Gotterdammerung," and the Overture to "Tannhauser."
Today's Playlist
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Johann Strauss Jr.
"Lob der Frauen" ("In Praise of Women") Polka, Op. 315
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons
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Andre Danican Philidor
"Bouree d'Avignone"
The Royal Wind Music with director Paul Leenhouts
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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Darius Milhaud
"La Cheminee du Roi Rene"
The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio
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"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Dr. Marc Williams from Salt Lake City, Utah
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Richard Wagner
"Siegfried's Funeral March" from "Gotterdammerung"
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons
Lucerne Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
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Richard Wagner
Overture to "Tannhauser"
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons
Lucerne Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
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Antonin Dvorak
Polonaise from "Rusalka"
The Minnesota Orchestra with conductor Eiji Oue
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Agustin Barrios Mangore
"Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios" ("An Alm for the Love of God")
Guitarist Ana Vidovic
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D Minor, L. 422
Pianist Andre Watts
Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
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Antonin Dvorak
First and fourth movements from String Quartet No. 13 in G, Op. 106
The Cypress String Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul
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Antonin Dvorak
Overture to "Husitska," Op. 67, B. 132
The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra with conductor Gerd Albrecht
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands