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August 9, 2011
The Dance of the Seven Veils
In nine minutes of ravishing music by Richard Strauss, Salome sheds her inhibitions along with her clothes in a dance for her step-father, King Herod. The scene from Strauss' opera Salome shocked audiences when it premiered in 1905. In today's show, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra plays Strauss' infamous Dance of the Seven Veils, in a concert from the BBC Proms in London.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46
The New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur, conductor
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio in B-flat, K. 411
Festival Musicians
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Igor Stravinsky
Le Chant du Rossignol (the Song of the Nightingale)
The New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
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Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Festival Musicians
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
hour 2
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John Foulds
Keltic Lament, Op. 29, No. 2
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, conductor
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont Overture, Op. 84
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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Gioachino Rossini
Overture to William Tell
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Kevin Sedatole, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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Gary Schocker
Three Dances for Two Flutes
Eugenia Zukerman and Gary Schocker, flutes, Ran Dank, piano
Young Concert Artists Anniversary Concert, New York City
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
Gavotte and Variations
The Brasil Guitar Duo
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Michael Jackson
Billie Jean
The Anderson and Roe Piano Duo
Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, Cooperstown, New York
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Richard Strauss
The Dance of the Seven Veils, from Salome
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
