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December 11, 2008

Bell in Napa Valley

Today we'll take you to the Festival del Sole in California's Napa Valley. Violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet team up for a sonata by Edvard Grieg. Plus, we'll continue our week-long celebration of the Cleveland Orchestra with their performance of Aaron Copland's suite from the ballet, "Appalachian Spring," in Cleveland.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Joseph Haydn
    Finale from Piano Trio No. 37 in D Minor, Hob. XV:23
    The Beaux Arts Trio
  • Elliott Carter
    Elegy for String Orchestra
    Camerata Ireland with conductor Barry Douglas
    Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Finale from Trio, Op. 1, No. 1
    The Beaux Arts Trio
    Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox, Massachusetts
  • Antonin Dvorak
    Andante from Piano Trio, Op. 90 ("Dumky")
    The Beaux Arts Trio
    Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox, Massachusetts
  • Aaron Copland
    Suite from "Appalachian Spring"
    The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor James Gaffigan
    Severance Hall, Cleveland

hour 2

  • Johann Strauss, Jr.
    "Carnival's Hubbub Quadrille," Op. 152
    The Czech-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Johannes Wildner
  • Frederick Delius
    "In a Summer Garden"
    The Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera with conductor Charles Mackerras
  • Elliott Carter
    "Musicians Wrestle Everywhere"
    The Dessoff Choirs with conductor James Bagwell
    Merkin Concert Hall, New York City
  • Edvard Grieg
    Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45
    Violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet
    Festival del Sole, Calistoga, California
  • Johann Strauss, Jr.
    Czardas from "Ritter Pazman"
    The German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Christoph Poppen
    Fruchthalle, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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