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Weekend of July 9, 2011
Debussy's La Mer
Claude Debussy once tried his hand at painting, but decided music had a much better way of depicting the glint of sunlight on water, the ever-changing undulations of the sea, and the smell of a salty mist shimmering in the air. In today's show, Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the New York Philharmonic in Debussy's masterpiece for the senses, "La Mer," or "The Sea."
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Claude Debussy
Morning of a Festival Day, from Images for Orchestra
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
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Niccolo Paganini
Caprice No. 6 in G Minor for Solo Violin, Op. 1
Thomas Zehetmair, violin
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Francois Couperin
Pieces de Clavecin, Book 3, Ordre 15 in A Minor (Musette de Taverny)
Edwin Swanborn, harpsichord, Robert Stallman, flute, Karl Bennion, cello
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Claude Debussy
La Mer (the Sea)
The New York Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
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Marin Marais
L'Arabesque
Ensemble 1700, Dorothee Oberlinger, director
Herne Early Music Days Festival, Herne, Germany
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Robert Schumann
Arabesque in C, Op. 18
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
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Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 2
Musicians from the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton, New York
hour 2
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Morton Gould, conductor
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Felix Mendelssohn
Excerpt from Twelve Fugues for String Quartet
The Shanghai Quartet
Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Waltz for Piano, Six Hands
Daniel Gerzenberg, Anton Gerzenberg, and Lilya Zilberstein, piano
Lugano Festival Lugano, Switzerland
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Richard Strauss
Excerpts from Ein Heldenleben (a Hero's Life)
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, conductor
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
