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July 9, 2008

French music from Amsterdam

We'll go to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, where conductor Marcus Stenz leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Colin Matthews' orchestration of some Claude Debussy piano preludes. Then Jean-Yves Thibaudet is the soloist for a performance of Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Zoltan Kodaly
    "Epigrams"
    The Budapest Clarinet Quintet
  • Claude Debussy
    Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor
    Cellist Eve-Marie Caravassilis and pianist David Bismuth
    Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Wales
  • "The Piano Puzzler"
    This week's contestant is Nicole Gutman from Stony Brook, New York
  • Zoltan Kodaly
    "Dances of Galanta"
    The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Gustavo Dudamel
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

hour 2

  • Claude Debussy
    "Romance"
    Harpist Sunita Staneslow and violinist Tracy Silverman
  • Francois Couperin
    "Sicilienne"
    Harpist Sunita Staneslow and cellist Laura Sewell
  • Dana Wilson
    "Symmetry" from "Mirrors for Wind Quintet"
    The Imani Winds
    Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  • Isaac Albeniz
    "Torre Bermeja" from "Douze Pieces Characteristiques," Op. 92, No. 12
    Guitarist Jason Vieaux
    Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
  • Claude Debussy
    Preludes
    The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Marcus Stenz
    The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
  • Maurice Ravel
    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
    Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and conductor Marcus Stenz
    The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
  • Frederic Chopin
    Waltz in A-flat, Op. 69, No. 1 ("L'Adieu")
    Pianist Chih-Long Hu
    Britton Recital Hall, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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