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February 8, 2010

Musical Getaways, Great Concertos

All this week, we're featuring terrific women violinists in concerto performances. Today's soloist is Dutch violinist Janine Jansen, playing the Dvorak concerto in Australia. And for those suffering from cabin fever, we've got a cure. Some musical vacations are on the way, from downhill skiing, to a vacation on the Italian Riviera, to a stop at a fashionable French cafe.

Today's Playlist

hour 1  Listen

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Three-part Inventions No. 1 in C, No. 2 in C Minor, and No. 3 in D, BWV 787-801
    Violinist Janine Jansen, violist Maxim Rysanov, and cellist Torleif Thedeen
  • Johannes Brahms
    Liebeslieder Waltz No. 6
    The Alexander String Quartet
    Healdsburg Community Church, Healdsburg, California
  • August Klughardt
    Fifth movement from Schilflieder for Oboe, Viola, and Piano, Op. 28
    Oboist James Austin Smith, violist Paul Neubauer, and pianist Wu Han
    OK Mozart Festival, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
  • Alexander Scriabin
    Deux Poemes, Op. 32
    Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk
    International Chopin Festival, Duszniki Zdroj, Poland
  • Antonin Dvorak
    Violin Concerto in A Minor, B. 108
    Violinist Janine Jansen with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy
    Opera House, Sydney, Australia

hour 2  Listen

  • Isaac Albeniz
    Granada, from Suite Espanola, Op. 47, No. 1
    Guitarists Pepe and Celin Romero
  • Carter Pann
    Slalom
    The Dallas Wind Symphony with conductor Jerry Junkin
    Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
  • Claude Debussy
    Isle of Joy
    Pianist Gabriela Montero
    City Recital Hall, Sydney, Australia
  • Edward Elgar
    In the South, Op. 50
    The Sun Valley Summer Symphony with conductor Alasdair Neale
    Sun Valley Pavilion, Sun Valley, Idaho
  • Marin Marais
    La Saillie du Cafe
    Ensemble 1700 with conductor Dorothee Oberlinger
    Herne Early Music Days, Herne, Germany
  • Robert Schumann
    Of Foreign Lands and Peoples, from Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15
    Pianist Simone Dinnerstein
    Dr. Bobbie Bailey and Family Performance Center, Kennesaw, Georgia

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