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December 27, 2011

The Marlboro Music Festival

From our collection of favorite shows of 2011, we can't overlook a very special festival in rural Vermont. The Marlboro Music Festival, where seasoned veterans and young professionals collaborate side-by-side. Founder Rudolf Serkin called it a "republic of equals." In today's show, festival participants talk about what makes Marlboro so special. And we'll hear a couple of those magical Marlboro performances.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Finale from Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
    The Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pablo Casals, conductor
    Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Canons on the Goldberg Ground, BWV 1087
    The Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Rudolf Serkin, piano and conductor
    Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
  • Maurice Ravel
    String Quartet in F
    Soovin Kim and Jinyoung Jessica Lee, violins, Jonathan Vinocour, viola, Soo Bae, cello
    Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
  • Antonin Dvorak
    Lo, a Ripening Apple Fell, from Moravian Duets, Op. 38, No. 4
    Sarah Shafer, soprano, Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo-soprano, Lydia Brown, piano
    Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont

hour 2

  • Cole Porter
    Night and Day
    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin, Masao Kawasaki, viola, Mats Lindstrom, cello
  • Peter Tchaikovsky
    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23
    Joyce Yang, piano, the Aspen Festival Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conductor
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • Eugene Ysaye
    Obsession, from Sonata for Violin, Op. 27, No. 2
    Julia Fischer, violin
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • Frederick Loewe
    I Could Have Danced All Night, from My Fair Lady
    Deborah Voigt, soprano, the Aspen Chamber Symphony, David Zinman, conductor
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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