Weekend of March 20, 2010
Traunstein's Mozart, and Barber's kick
There is a lovely Bavarian town called Traunstein. The Alps rise majestically on one side, lakes glimmer on the other. A monastery was founded in the town center in 1685. Now it's used as an art gallery and performance space. From that former monastery in Bavaria, we'll hear a sparkling performance of Mozart's Piano Quartet in E-flat Major. Also: Samuel Barber was a great American composer, but as his friend Lee Hoiby recalls, Barber was not always a model of decorum. Hoiby tells a story about Barber kicking his way through patrons at a concert one evening.
Today's Playlist
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro from Piano Sonata No. 16 in C K545
Pianists Martha Argerich and Piotr Anderszewski
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Edvard Grieg
Excerpts from Haugtussa, Op. 67
Trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth and pianist Steffen Horn
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude
Guitarist Eliot Fisk
Flagey, Brussels, Belgium
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Samuel Barber
Medea's Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a
The Boston Symphony Orchestra with conductor Charles Munch
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet in E-flat, K. 493
Pianist Diana Ketler, violinist Alina Pogostkina, violist Razvan Popovici, and cellist David Cohen
Klosterkirche, Traunstein, Germany
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Excerpts from English Suite No.2 in A Minor, BWV 807
Pianist Adam Neiman
Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
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Samuel Barber
Excerpts from Antony and Cleopatra
The Spoleto Festival Orchestra with conductor Christian Badea
Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto, Italy
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Perfchat with Adam Neiman
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Adam Neiman
Vision
Pianist Adam Neiman
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Frederic Chopin
Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
Pianist Adam Neiman
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Antonin Dvorak
First movement from Four Romantic Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 75
Violinist Donald Weilerstein and pianist Vivian Hornik Weilerstein
Sanibel Music Festival, Sanibel Island, Florida
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Antonin Dvorak
Romance in F Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 11, B. 39
Violinist Isabelle van Keulen with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic and conductor Kenneth Montgomery
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands