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
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Zoltan Kodaly
"Epigrams"
The Budapest Clarinet Quintet
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Claude Debussy
Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor
Cellist Eve-Marie Caravassilis and pianist David Bismuth
Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Wales
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"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Nicole Gutman from Stony Brook, New York
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Zoltan Kodaly
"Dances of Galanta"
The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Gustavo Dudamel
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Claude Debussy
"Romance"
Harpist Sunita Staneslow and violinist Tracy Silverman
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Francois Couperin
"Sicilienne"
Harpist Sunita Staneslow and cellist Laura Sewell
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Dana Wilson
"Symmetry" from "Mirrors for Wind Quintet"
The Imani Winds
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Isaac Albeniz
"Torre Bermeja" from "Douze Pieces Characteristiques," Op. 92, No. 12
Guitarist Jason Vieaux
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Claude Debussy
Preludes
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Marcus Stenz
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
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Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and conductor Marcus Stenz
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
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Frederic Chopin
Waltz in A-flat, Op. 69, No. 1 ("L'Adieu")
Pianist Chih-Long Hu
Britton Recital Hall, Ann Arbor, Michigan