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
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
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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
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Canons on the Goldberg Ground, BWV 1087
The Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Rudolf Serkin, piano and conductor
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
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Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F
Soovin Kim and Jinyoung Jessica Lee, violins, Jonathan Vinocour, viola, Soo Bae, cello
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
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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
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Cole Porter
Night and Day
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin, Masao Kawasaki, viola, Mats Lindstrom, cello
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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
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Eugene Ysaye
Obsession, from Sonata for Violin, Op. 27, No. 2
Julia Fischer, violin
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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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