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August 25, 2010
A pair of cellists, and some re-envisioned Bach
Two great young cellists are in the show today. Daniel Mueller-Schott plays a Saint-Saens concerto with the Luxembourg Philharmonic, and Joshua Roman plays the Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations at the Bellingham Festival in Washington. Plus, a pair of fascinating Bach transcriptions, from Bach day at the BBC Proms in London.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Camille Saint-Saens
Prelude du Deluge
Augustin Dumay, violin, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Manuel Rosenthal, conductor
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Manuel de Falla
Suite No. 1 from The Three-Cornered Hat
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Dr. Heather Coltman from Boca Raton, Florida
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Camille Saint-Saens
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33
Daniel Muller-Schott, cello, the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazushi Ono, conductor
Philharmonie, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
hour 2
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Interrupted Dreams, from Twelve Pieces of Average Difficulty, Op. 40
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
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Percy Grainger
Blithe Bells
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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John Dowland
Can She Excuse my Wrongs?
Emily Walhout, Jane Hershey, Sarah Cunningham, and Laura Jeppesen, viols
Aston Magna Festival, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
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John W. Duarte
Little Suite for Four Guitars
The Dubrovnik Guitar Trio with Darko Petrinjak, guitar
St. Mark's Church, Zagreb, Croatia
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Joshua Roman, cello, the Bellingham Festival Orchestra, Michael Palmer, conductor
Bellingham Festival of Music, Bellingham, Washington
