Playing the Blues

By Anna Coogan

Posted February 19, 2013

Ether Game asks, can you name this tune? Here's a hint... it's not a shade of orange...

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Music Heard On This Episode

Strauss Jr., Johann: An der Schönen, blauen Donau, op. 314

Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic — Neujahrskonzert 1996 (RCA Victor, 1996)

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Strauss Jr., Johann: An der Schönen, blauen Donau, op. 314

Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic — Neujahrskonzert 1996 (RCA Victor, 1996)

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Brubeck, Dave: Blue Rondo à la Turk

Dave Brubeck Quartet — Time Out (Columbia, 1987)

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Holst, Gustav: The Planets: Neptune, The Mystic

Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic — Holst: The Planets (Decca, 2007)

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Gershwin, George: Rhapsody in Blue

James Levine, Chicago Symphony Orchestra — Rhapsody in Blue - An American in Paris (Deutsche Grammophon, 1993)

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Handel, George Frideric: Water Music Suite No. 1: Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists — Water Music Suites 1-3 (Polygram, 1993)

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Ticheli, Frank: Blue Shades

Eugene Corporan, North Texas Wind Symphony — Deja View (Klavier, 1998)

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Mahler, Gustav: Symphony No. 1 in D, III. Feierlich un gemessen, ohne zu schleppen

Riccardo Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra — Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (Decca, 1996)

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Higdon, Jennifer: Blue Cathedral

Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra — Rainbow Body (Telarc, 2003)

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Moore, Kevin: Love Blues

Keb' Mo' — Keb' Mo' (Epic, 1994)

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