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November 1, 2011

Marlboro in Boston

Every summer at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont, the emphasis is on rehearsals. Concerts are almost an afterthought. Musicians might put weeks of work into a piece of music, and never perform it. In today's show, we'll hear a quartet of Marlboro musicians who saw the process through to its conclusion, performing a Haydn string quartet on the road in Boston.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Benjamin Britten
    Excerpts from Suite on English Folk Tunes
    The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Paul Goodwin, conductor
    Ordway Center, St. Paul
  • Jacques Ibert
    Three Short Pieces for Wind Quintet
    Musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
    Alice Tully Hall, New York City
  • Joseph Haydn
    String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 17, No 4. Hob. III:28
    Musicians from the Marlboro Music Festival
    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky
    The Comedians, Op. 26
    The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Roberto Abbado, conductor
    Ordway Center, St. Paul

hour 2

  • Dominick Argento
    For the Angel, Israfel
    The Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue, conductor
  • Hector Berlioz
    Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
    The China Philharmonic Orchestra, Long Yu, conductor
    Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego
  • Frederic Chopin
    Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2 (Grande Valse Brillante)
    Rafal Blechacz, piano
    Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen Germany
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90 (Italian)
    The Minnesota Orchestra, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
    Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
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