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March 2, 2009

A Critical Success

Last week in London, violinist Joshua Bell gave a performance of Barber's violin concerto, while on tour with the Minnesota Orchestra. The critics loved it, using phrases like "ravishing form,""rapt, confidential beauty," and "sweetly sustained lyricism." Tune in to today's show to hear Bell play the Barber concerto with the Minnesota Orchestra and conductor Osmo Vanska, from a concert last week in London.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Presto from Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G
    The Marlboro Festival Orchestra with conductor Pablo Casals
  • Judith Weir
    "Madrigal"
    The BBC Singers with conductor Stephen Cleobury
    BBC Maida Vale Studios, West London, England
  • Bob Chilcott
    "Into God's Call"
    The BBC Singers with conductor Stephen Cleobury
    BBC Maida Vale Studios, West London, England
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    Octet for Strings in E-flat, Op. 20
    Musicians from the Marlboro Festival
    Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • Robert Schumann
    "Nachtstuck," Op. 23, No. 4
    Pianist Shai Wosner
    St. Margaret Lothbury, London, England

hour 2

  • George Gershwin
    "But Not For Me"
    Violinist Joshua Bell with the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor John Wiliams
  • Georg Philipp Telemann
    Presto from Concerto in C Minor for Flute and Recorder, TWV 52:E1
    Courtney Westcott, flute, and Vicki Boeckmann, recorder, with the Seattle Baroque Orchestra and conductor Ingrid Matthews
    Benaroya Hall, Seattle
  • Georg Philipp Telemann
    "Air for Trumpet"
    Stephen Burns, trumpet, with the American Concerto Orchestra
  • Toru Takemitsu
    Excerpts from "And Then I Knew 'Twas Wind"
    Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, violist Cynthia Phelps, and flutist Joshua Smith
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Claude Debussy
    Second Movement from Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
    Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, violist Cynthia Phelps, and flutist Joshua Smith
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Samuel Barber
    Violin Concerto
    Violinist Joshua Bell with the Minnesota Orchestra and conductor Osmo Vanska
    Barbican Hall, London, England
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