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July 10, 2008

double duty for barenboim

Daniel Barenboim is the pianist when baritone Thomas Quasthoff sings Schubert songs in Berlin. Then Barenboim will conduct the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a group he formed with young musicians from several Middle Eastern countries. They'll play music of Mozart and Elgar at an historic concert in the Palestinian city of Ramallah.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Georges Bizet
    "Carillon" from "L'Arlesienne" Suite No. 1
    The Toronto Symphony Orchestra with conductor Andrew Davis
  • Yu Shi Wang
    "Sunflowers"
    Pianist Yundi Li
    Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany
  • Francis Poulenc
    Rondo from Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
    Oboist Christian Wetzel, bassoonist Dag Jensen, and pianist Andreas Bach
    Spannungen Chamber Music Festival, Heimbach, Germany
  • Sir Edward Elgar
    "Enigma Variations," Op. 36
    The Toronto Symphony Orchestra with conductor Peter Oundjian
    Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Church Sonata in E-flat, K. 67, and Church Sonata in F, K. 244
    Violinists Ani Kavafian and Tien-Hsin Wu, cellist Peter Wiley, and organist James Welch
    Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California

hour 2

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Overture to "Cosi fan tutte"
    The Berlin Philharmonic with conductor Daniel Barenboim
  • Giovanni Gabrieli
    Canzona noni toni a 12
    The Stuttgart Radio Brass
    Aula Paolo VI, Vatican City
  • Franz Schubert
    "Tauschung" and "Die Nebensonnen" from "Winterreise," D. 911
    Baritone Thomas Quasthoff and pianist Daniel Barenboim
    Philharmonie, Berlin
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K. 297b
    Mohamed Saleh, oboe; Kinan Azmeh, clarinet; Mor Biron, bassoon; and Sharon Polyak, French horn, with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and conductor Daniel Barenboim
    Cultural Palace, Ramallah, West Bank
  • Sir Edward Elgar
    "Nimrod" from "Enigma Variations," Op. 36
    The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with conductor Daniel Barenboim
    Cultural Palace, Ramallah, West Bank
  • Frederic Chopin
    Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9, No. 2
    Pianist Yundi Li
    Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany
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