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Weekend of July 28, 2012
Opening Night at the Proms
Every summer in London, the world's biggest summer music festival, the BBC Proms, gets underway. It features eight weeks of daily concerts with some of the biggest names in classical music. This year for the first time, PT is streaming every single Proms concert live on the PT home page, www.performancetoday.org. And we'll be featuring highlights from many of the performances in the show. Coming up today, highlights from opening night at the Proms, two weeks ago in London.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Nino Rota
Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
Bettine Clemen, flute, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
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Francois Dompierre
Les Beautes du Diable (the Devil's Beauties)
The Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra, Robert Manno, conductor
Windham Chamber Music Festival, Windham, New York
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Ennio Morricone
Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso
Ekachai Jearakul, guitar
JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition, Buffalo, New York
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Ruth Eldredge from Provo, Utah
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Nino Rota
La Strada Suite
The Berlin Philharmonic, Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Waldbuhne, Berlin, Germany
hour 2
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Frederic Chopin
Etude No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 25
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
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Edward Elgar
Overture Cockaigne (In London Town)
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Roger Norrington, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Edward Elgar
Excerpts from Coronation Ode
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, soloists, Edward Gardner, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Bent Sorensen
Lullabies
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Ojai Music Festival, Ojai, California
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Ferruccio Busoni
Berceuse Elegiaque
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano, and friends
Ojai Music Festival, Ojai, California
