The Sinfonietta frequently performs on National Public Radio
Below is a list of the 53 performances broadcast on "Performance Today."
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Respighi's Birds
Date: 02-25-03
The American Sinfonietta plays some bird song inspired music by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. We hear his suite "The Birds," in concert at the Bellingham Music Festival.
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Hamelin plays Saint-Saens
Date: 02-18-03
Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin plays Saint-Saens at the Bellingham Music Festival. We hear the Piano Concerto No. 2. The orchestra is the American Sinfonietta.
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Performance Today
Date: 02-03-03
We hear a performance of "The Lark Ascending," by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Violinist Nancy Luttrell joins the American Sinfonietta in concert at the Bellingham Music Festival in Washington.
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Saint-Saens' restrained passion
Date: 01-11-03
The music of French composer Camille Saint-Saens is a model of elegance, structure, and passionate restraint. Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin finds those traits in a performance of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, in concert at the Bellingham Music Festival
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Performance Today
Date: 01-05-03
The restrained passion of Saint-Saens: The music of French composer Camille Saint-Saens is a model of elegance, structure, and passionate restraint. Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin finds those traits in a performance of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor.
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Performance Today
Date: 10-07-02
Swan Song: It turns out that the Swan of Tuonella is not exactly what it appears. We hear the Swan's true story, along with a graceful performance of Sibelius' music for orchestra from the American Sinfonietta, in concert at the Bellingham Festival.
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Performance Today
Date: 10-03-02
Respighi's Birds: Respighi took his inspiration for "The Birds" from themes and techniques of 16th and 17th century composers, and from...the birds. We hear the suite in concert at the Bellingham Music Festival, in Washington. The American Sinfonietta.
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Performance Today
Date: 09-06-02
The restrained passion of Saint-Saens: The music of French composer Camille Saint-Saens is a model of elegance, structure, and passionate restraint. Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin finds those traits in a performance of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor.
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Performance Today
Date: 02-23-02
Beethoven Overture: It's one of his greatest orchestral works: The Coriolan Overture (Op. 62). It originally opened a German play, but we'll hear it used as the curtain-raiser at the Bellingham Festival of Music, in Bellingham, Washington.
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Performance Today
Date: 08-23-01
Pastoral Mood Music: If you're looking for the solemn and the peaceful in music, go directly to a piece called "The Lark Ascending" by Ralph (RAYF) Vaughan Williams. We'll hear a concert performance from earlier this month at the Bellingham Music Festival.
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Performance Today
Date: 07-06-01
Mozart, West: It's music from last year's Bellingham Music Festival in Washington state. We'll hear Mozart's Symphony No. 39 in E-flat. It's a concert performance by the American Sinfonietta.
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Performance Today
Date: 06-16-01
Mozart, West: It's music from last year's Bellingham Music Festival in Washington state. We'll hear Mozart's Symphony No. 39 in E-flat. It's a concert performance by the American Sinfonietta.
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Performance Today
Date: 04-01-01
C.P.E. Bach in Washington: From a concert a few seasons ago at the Bellingham Festival of Music in Bellingham, Washington, we're going to hear the American Sinfonietta perform the Symphony No. 1 in D major by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
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Performance Today
Date: 02-17-01
Beethoven in Bellingham: From last year's Bellingham Festival of Music in Washington State, we'll hear Beethoven's "Coriolan" Overture performed by the American Sinfonietta (Natural Soundfields, Ltd., Los Angeles)
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Performance Today
Date: 01-29-01
Beethoven in Bellingham: From last year's Bellingham Festival of Music in Washington State, we'll hear Beethoven's "Coriolan" Overture in a performance by the American Sinfonietta. (Natural Soundfields, Ltd., Los Angeles)
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Performance Today
Date: 12-17-00
Haydn's proudest moment came in 1791, when he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Oxford University. We're going to hear the American Sinfonietta <sin-fun-YEH-tah> perform the music that marked the occasion--the Symphony No. 92 "Oxford.
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Performance Today
Date: 11-01-00
'Swedish Mozart': From a concert at this summer's Bellingham Music Festival in Washington state, we'll hear music by a contemporary of Mozart who worked in Stockholm, Sweden. This performance was given by the American Sinfonietta.
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Performance Today
Date: 10-02-00
Pacific Mozart: From a concert on August 9th at the Bellingham Music Festival in Washington State, we'll hear the American Sinfonietta in a performance of the Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Performance Today
Date: 04-04-00
Beethoven in Bellingham: the acclaimed American Sinfonietta has a residency at the annual Bellingham Festival of Music in Washington state. From a concert last season the orchestra performs Beethoven's "Egmont" Overture.
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Performance Today
Date: 10-15-99
Beethoven from Bellingham: The American Sinfonietta, plays Beethven's "Egmont" Overture, in a July 30th concert from the Bellingham Music Festival in Bellingham, Washington.
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Performance Today
Date: 09-19-99
From a July 31st the 1999 Bellingham Festival of Music in Washington State, the American Sinfonietta perform the Symphony No. 92 by Haydn.
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Performance Today
Date: 08-23-99
Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony: "Beethoven in Bellingham" was the theme of the 1999 Bellingham Festival of Music in Washington state, which ended last week. In this hour, we'll hear one of the works performed from the festival.
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Performance Today
Date: 07-22-99
The American Sinfonietta, performs.
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Performance Today
Date: 04-17-99
In this Milestones of the Millennium hour of PT, we look at 1791, the final year in the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart scholar and Cornell University Professor Neil Zaslaw (ZASS-law) discusses the lighter side of the composer, and we hear the Con (more)
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Performance Today
Date: 03-27-99
David Hickman is the soloist performed with the American Sinfonietta in a performance of what's been described as "the perfect concerto"--Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in E-flat. Recorded at the Bellingham Festival of Music in Bellingham, Washing (more)
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Performance Today
Date: 03-24-99
In this Milestones of the Millennium hour of PT, we look at 1791, the final year in the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart scholar and Cornell University Professor Neil Zaslaw (ZASS-law) discusses the lighter side of the composer, and we hear the Con
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Performance Today
Date: 03-03-99
David Hickman is the soloist performing with the American Sinfonietta in a performance of what's been described as "the perfect concerto": Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in E-flat. Recorded at the Bellingham Festival of Music in Bellingham, WA.
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Performance Today
Date: 11-03-98
Pianist Gustavo Romero (goo-STAH-voh roh-MEH-roh) joins the American Sinfonietta for a concert performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21. Recorded during the 1996 Bellingham Festival of Music in Bellingham, Washington.
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Date: 09-21-98
The American Sinfonietta in the Symphony No. 2 in D by Beethoven. Recorded in concert at this summer''s Bellingham Festival of Music on the campus of Western Washington University. (Bart Chiate Recordings)
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GARRICK OHLSSON PLAYS BEETHOVEN'S
Date: 09-07-98
Garrick Ohlsson plays Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, in a performance recorded this summer at the Bellingham Festival in Washington State. The American Sinfonietta. (Bart Chiate Recordings)
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GARRICK OHLSSON IS THE
Date: 08-31-98
Garrick Ohlsson is the soloist in a performance of the Piano Concerto No. 4 by Beethoven, recorded on August first at the Bellingham Festival of Music in Bellingham, Washington, performed by the American Sinfonietta. (Bart Chiate Recordings)
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,THIS WEEKEND, THE HOUSTON
Date: 08-26-98
"Pulcinella" was fourth in a line of great ballets written by Igor Stravinsky for the Ballets Russes (bahl-lay ROOS) Company in Paris. We'll hear a performance from the 1998 Bellingham Festival of Music in Washington State performed by the American Sinfonietta.
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ROBERT MCDUFFIE PLAYS BEETHOVEN'S
Date: 08-21-98
Robert McDuffie plays Beethoven's only Violin Concerto. From an August 9th concert at the 1998 Bellingham Festival of Music in Washington State, Robert McDuffie solos in the Violin Concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven. The American Sinfonietta.
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PIANIST GUSTAVO ROMERO AND
Date: 03-23-98
Pianist Gustavo Romero and the American Sinfonietta, perform the Piano Concerto No. 21 in C by Mozart, known as the "Elvira Madigan" Concerto because of its use in the 1967 Swedish film by that name.
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A ROMERO WITHOUT PLUCK:
Date: 02-05-98
A Romero without pluck: San Diego-born PIANIST Gustavo Romero was cheek-by- jowl at the Bellingham Festival of Music with his better-known "cousins" from Spain, Los Romeros, the "first family" of the guitar.
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THE AMERICAN SINFONIETTA,
Date: 10-23-97
The American Sinfonietta, performs the Symphony No. 88 in G by Franz Joseph Haydn. Recorded at this summer's Bellingham Festival of Music in Bellingham, Washington. (Bart Chiate Recordings)
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AMERICAN PIANIST GARRICK
Date: 10-06-97
American pianist Garrick Ohlsson joins the American Sinfonietta and conductor XXXXXin the Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This concert performance took place at the Bellingham Festival of Music in Washington State.
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NEXT, HAYDN IS THE "TOAST"
Date: 09-13-97
Next, Haydn is the "toast" of the town of Bellingham, Washington, when the American Sinfonietta performs one of his so-called "Tost" symphonies, the Symphony No.88 in G Major. (Bart Chiate Recordings)
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FROM A CONCERT GIVEN AT
Date: 09-10-97
From a concert given at this year's Bellingham Festival of Music in Bellingham, Washington, the American Sinfonietta perform Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200. (Bart Chiate Recordings)
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS' (KAH-MEE(YEH)
Date: 09-09-97
Camille Saint-Saens' (kah-mee(yeh) sa(n)-SAH(N)Z) Piano Concerto No. 2 was written in just 17 days as a favor to a friend. It was an instant hit, and continues to be very popular, as you'll hear in a very well-received performance by pianist Gustavo Romero
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Date: 09-02-97
The American Sinfonietta in a concert performance of the Symphony No. 1, by Beethoven. Recorded last month during the 1997 Bellingham Festival of Music in Washington State. (Bart Chiate Recordings)
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TRUMPETER DAVID HICKMAN
Date: 08-20-97
Trumpeter David Hickman and the American Sinfonietta, perform the Trumpet Concerto in E-flat by Franz Joseph Haydn at Washington State's Bellingham Festival of Music. (Bart Chiate Recordings)
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FROM THIS MONTH'S BELLINGHAM FESTIVAL
Date: 08-19-97
From this month's Bellingham Festival of Music, the American Sinfonietta, performs the Overture in the Italian Style by Franz Schubert. Recorded August 2nd in Mt. Baker Theatre in Bellingham. (Bart Chiate Recordings)
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AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS: THE AMERICAN SINFONIETTA
Date: 06-02-97
American Orchestras: The American Sinfonietta performs the colorful and exciting "Varaciones Concertantes" (vah-ree-ah-see-OH-nayss kohn-sair-TAHN-tayss--"Concert Variations") by Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera
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TWO PERFORMANCES TO CELEBRATE
Date: 11-14-96
Two performances to celebrate Aaron Copland's 96th birthday: The American Sinfonietta performs the "Appalachian Spring" Suite. Recorded in August at the Bellingham Festival of Music in Bellingham, Washington.
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MUSIC BY THE LATE PATRIARCH
Date: 07-02-96
Music by the late patriarch of the famous, guitar-playing Romero family, written for one of his sons: Pepe Romero is soloist in the Concierto de Malaga (kohnth-YAIR-toh day MAH-lah-gah) for Guitar and Orchestra by Celedonio (say-lay-DOHN-yoh) Romero.
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YOUNG FELIX MENDELSSOHN'S
Date: 07-01-96
Young Felix Mendelssohn's impressions of Italy. From the Bellingham Festival of Music in Washington state, the American Sinfonietta in a concert performance of the "Italian" Symphony, No. 4 in A, Op. 90 by Mendelssohn. (Bart Chiate, recordings)
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THE AMERICAN SINFONIETTA,
Date: 01-31-96
The American Sinfonietta, performs the Symphony No. 104 in D, the "London" Symphony, by Franz Joseph Haydn. Recorded during the Bellingham Festival of Music in Bellingham, Washington. (KZAZ, Bellingham)
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Date: 11-02-95
The American Sinfonietta in a performance of the "Midsummer Night's Dream" Suite by Felix Mendelssohn. It's from a concert they gave in September at the Bellingham Festival of Music in Washington. (Bart Chiate Recordings)
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MUSIC BY THE PATRIARCH OF THE FAMOUS, GUITAR-PLAYING ROMERO’S
Date: 09-19-95
Music by the patriarch of the famous, guitar-playing Romero family, written for one of his sons: Pepe Romero is soloist in the Concierto de Malaga (kohnth- YAIR-toh day MAH-lah-gah) for Guitar and Orchestra by Celedonio (say-lay-DOHN- yoh) Romero.
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THE BOSTON-BORN "PIANO GUYS,"
Date: 09-13-95
The Boston-born "piano guys," Anthony and Joseph Paratore (pah-rah-TOH-ray), are the featured soloists in a Bellingham Music Festival performance of Mozart's Concerto in E-flat for Two Pianos, K. 365, with the American Sinfonietta.
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Date: 09-06-95
The American Sinfonietta in a concert performance of the Symphony No. 4 in A, the "Italian," by Felix Mendelssohn. Recorded in concert at the Bellingham Festival of Music in Washington. (KZAZ, Bellingham)
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GUITARIST PEPE ROMERO JOINS
Date: 03-06-95
Guitarist Pepe Romero joins the American Sinfonietta for a concert performance of the "Fantasy for a Courtier" by Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo. Recorded last summer at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington.
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