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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



hour 1

  • Johann Strauss Jr.
    "Lob der Frauen" ("In Praise of Women") Polka, Op. 315
    The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons
  • Andre Danican Philidor
    "Bouree d'Avignone"
    The Royal Wind Music with director Paul Leenhouts
    Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
  • Darius Milhaud
    "La Cheminee du Roi Rene"
    The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
    Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio
  • "The Piano Puzzler"
    This week's contestant is Dr. Marc Williams from Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Richard Wagner
    "Siegfried's Funeral March" from "Gotterdammerung"
    The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons
    Lucerne Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • Richard Wagner
    Overture to "Tannhauser"
    The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons
    Lucerne Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland

hour 2

  • Antonin Dvorak
    Polonaise from "Rusalka"
    The Minnesota Orchestra with conductor Eiji Oue
  • Agustin Barrios Mangore
    "Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios" ("An Alm for the Love of God")
    Guitarist Ana Vidovic
    Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  • Domenico Scarlatti
    Sonata in D Minor, L. 422
    Pianist Andre Watts
    Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
  • 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
  • Antonin Dvorak
    Overture to "Husitska," Op. 67, B. 132
    The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra with conductor Gerd Albrecht
    The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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