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August 8, 2011
Morphing Weber
In 1938, composer Paul Hindemith fled Nazi Germany and later came to the U.S. One of his first projects here was to write a ballet based on themes by Carl Maria von Weber. Weber's tunes were charming but insubstantial. But Hindemith took that music of limited possibilities and turned it into something spectacular. His Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber is in today's show, in a performance by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Robert Schumann
Third movement from Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Mitsuko Uchida, Piano
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Arthur Honegger
Pacific 231
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Frank Bridge
There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Robert Schumann
Two Piano Pieces for Children Big and Small, Op. 85
Lena Neudauer, violin, Robert Kulek, piano
GAIA Chamber Music Festival, Thun, Switzerland
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Robert Schumann
Excerpts from Fantasiestucke, Op. 73
Martin Kuuskmann, bassoon, Robert Kulek, piano
GAIA Chamber Music Festival, Thun, Switzerland
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Anonymous
Pestry Zbornik (Tabulatura Miscellanea)
Solamente Naturali, Milos Valent, director
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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Alan Hovhaness
Macedonian Mountain Dance
Sahan Arzruni, piano
First Congregational Church of Berkeley, Berkeley, California
hour 2
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Paul Hindemith
Four Pieces for Two Bassoons
Milan Turkovic and Daniele Damiano, bassoons
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Edvard Grieg
Ved Mannjevningen, from Sigurd Jorsalfar, Op. 22
Arve Tellefsen, violin, Sveinung Bjelland, piano
Bergen International Festival, Bergen, Norway
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Edvard Grieg
Blegnet, Segnet (With traditional Norwegian folk song: Herr, Ole)
The Oslo Chamber Choir, Liv Ulvik, soloist, Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul
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Edvard Grieg
Kivlemoyane (The Kivle Maidens)
Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano
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Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Richard Wagner
O du Mein Holden Abendstern, from Tannhauser
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Richard Wagner
The Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walkure
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
