Thank you to listeners from Ann Arbor, Elberta, Higgens Lake, Petoskey, Prudenville, Baltimore, Grand Rapids and Holland. The music of Aaron Copland received the most requests from listeners today.
1. Aaron Copland, Red Pony Suite, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Joann Falletta
2. Modest Moussorgsky, A Night on Bald Mountain, New York Philharmonic, Giuseppe Sinopoli
3. Various Artists, Elephant Love Medley from the original motion picture soundtrack, Moulin Rouge, Ewan McGregor, Jaimie Allen, Nicole Kidmn
4. Doyle Lawson, Charles Waller, Robert Yates, arr. Joseph Jennings, Calling my children home, Chanticleer
5. Ludwig van Beethoven, Trio in E flat major, Issac Stern, Leonard Rose, Eugune Istomin
6. George Frederick Handel, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
7. Lionel Ritchie/Michael Jackson, We Are the World, Luciano Pavarotti and Friends
8. Gaetano Donizetti, Chi mi frena in tal momento from Lucia di Lammermoor, Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherril Milnes, Nicoloai Ghiaurov, Ryland Davies, Huguette Tourangeau, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
9. Gabrielle Faure, Pavane, Bobby McFerrin, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
10. Gang Chen, Butterfly Lover’s Concerto, Gil Shaham, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui
11. Giacomo Puccini, Excerpts from La Rondine, Angela Gheorghiu and Roberta Alagna, London Symphony Orchestra Sir Antonio Pappano
12. Edward Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
13. David Maslanka, Fourth Symphony, Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin
14. Alan Ridout/Munroe Leaf, Ferdinand the Bull, Rachel Barton Pine, Hector Elizondo
15. Johann Sebastian Bach, Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring, Yo-Yo Man, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Tom Koopman
16. Aaron Copland, Transcription by Kenneth Singleton, The Promise of Living from the Tender Land, Western Kentucky University Wind Symphony, Gary Schallert
17. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
18. Jacob Van Eyck, The Nightingale, Seven Times Salt
19. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in E Major “Spring”, Trondheim Soloists, Anne-Sophie Mutter
20. Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565, E. Power Biggs
21. Giacomo Puccini, Nessun Dorma from Turandot, Luciano Pavarotti, London Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta
22. Aaron Copland, Excerpts from Appalachian Spring, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland
23. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Che soave zeffiretto from The Marriage of Figaro, Nuccia Focile and Carol Vaness, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
24. Traditional Spiritual, Peace Like a River, Elizabeth Mitchell
25. Pietro Mascagni, Intermezzo from Cavelleria Rusticana, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
26. James Horner, Main Title Theme from Apollo 13, David Elton, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Ziegler
27. Woody Guthire/arr. Joe Reisman, This Land Is Your Land, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams