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December 4, 2008

Keeping it Fresh

The Emerson String Quartet has spent nearly thirty years making great chamber music together. They don't have any problems keeping up with the demanding repertoire or concert schedule. But one of their big concerns is keeping the music fresh, whether it's the first performance of a piece or the 101st. Tune in today to hear them perform a Haydn string quartet.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Fugue No. 22 from "The Well-Tempered Clavier," BWV 867
    The Emerson String Quartet with violinist Da-Hong Seetoo
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    "Turkish" Rondo
    Flutists James Galway and Jeanne Galway and pianist Phillip Moll
    Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, Illinois
  • Alexander Arutiunyan
    "Prelude-Poem"
    Pianist Sahan Arzruni
    Merkin Concert Hall, New York City
  • Camille Saint-Saens
    "Havanaise," Op. 83
    Violinist Eldbjorg Hemsing with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and conductor Alan Buribayev
    Concert Hall, Stavanger, Norway
  • Camille Saint-Saens
    "Danse Macabre," Op. 40
    Violinist Francesco Ugolini with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and conductor Alan Buribayev
    Concert Hall, Stavanger, Norway
  • Joseph Haydn
    String Quartet in F, Op. 74, No. 2
    The Emerson String Quartet
    Alamo Heights United Methodist Church, San Antonio, Texas

hour 2

  • Felix Mendelssohn
    "Song Without Words," Op. 109
    Pianist Emanuel Ax and cellist Yo-Yo Ma
  • Mark O'Connor
    "Misty Moonlight Waltz"
    Mark O'Connor's Appalachia Waltz Trio
    Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival, Cooperstown, New York
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K. 482
    Pianist Emanuel Ax with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Alexander Mickelthwate
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
  • Joe Hisaishi
    Quartet in G Minor
    Violinist and conductor Angele Dubeau with La Pieta
    Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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