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March 10, 2010
Just the right touch of amazement
We're continuing to focus on the music of Samuel Barber, one day after his 100th birthday. In today's show, "Knoxville: Summer of 1915," set to the words of James Agee. Agee's words describe a deliciously languid summer evening in Tennessee, with everyone gathered under the trees to stay cool. Barber's music adds just the right quality of amazement, according to conductor Nicholas McGegan. McGegan conducts the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and soprano Carolyn Sampson in a performance.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Samuel Barber
Nocturne, Op. 33
Pianist Israela Margalit
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Samuel Barber
Galop, from Souvenirs, Op. 28
Pianists Jon Kimura Parker and Jeffrey Kahane
Green Music Festival, Rohnert Park, California
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Francis Poulenc
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Clarinetist Jose Franch-Ballester and pianist Charles Wadsworth
Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Galen Spindler from Albert Lea, MN
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Samuel Barber
Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
Soprano Carolyn Sampson with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and conductor Nicholas McGegan
Ordway Center, St. Paul
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Samuel Barber
Sure on This Shining Night
Conspirare with conductor Craig Hella Johnson
St. Martin's Lutheran Church, Austin, Texas
hour 2
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Benjamin Britten
Moonlight, from Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
The Virginia Symphony with conductor JoAnn Falletta
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Frederic Chopin
Etude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 6, and Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12
Pianist Sergio Tiempo
International Chopin Festival, Warsaw, Poland
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Frederic Chopin
Etude Op. 10, No. 5, and Etude Op. 25, No. 9
Pianist Boris Berezovsky
Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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Samuel Barber
Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
The Virginia Symphony with conductor JoAnn Falletta
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Gian Carlo Menotti
Excerpts from Amahl and the Night Visitors
The Buffalo Philharmonic with conductor JoAnn Falletta
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
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Gian Carlo Menotti
Barcarolle, from Sebastian
The Philadephia Orchestra with conductor Eugene Ormandy
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Arthur Honegger
Summer Pastorale
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Christian Zacharias
Ordway Center, St. Paul
