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
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Joseph Haydn
Finale from Piano Trio No. 37 in D Minor, Hob. XV:23
The Beaux Arts Trio
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Elliott Carter
Elegy for String Orchestra
Camerata Ireland with conductor Barry Douglas
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Finale from Trio, Op. 1, No. 1
The Beaux Arts Trio
Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox, Massachusetts
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Antonin Dvorak
Andante from Piano Trio, Op. 90 ("Dumky")
The Beaux Arts Trio
Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox, Massachusetts
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Aaron Copland
Suite from "Appalachian Spring"
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor James Gaffigan
Severance Hall, Cleveland
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Johann Strauss, Jr.
"Carnival's Hubbub Quadrille," Op. 152
The Czech-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Johannes Wildner
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Frederick Delius
"In a Summer Garden"
The Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera with conductor Charles Mackerras
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Elliott Carter
"Musicians Wrestle Everywhere"
The Dessoff Choirs with conductor James Bagwell
Merkin Concert Hall, New York City
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Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45
Violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Festival del Sole, Calistoga, California
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Johann Strauss, Jr.
Czardas from "Ritter Pazman"
The German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Christoph Poppen
Fruchthalle, Kaiserslautern, Germany