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March 28, 2012
The Savannah Music Festival
The 2012 Savannah Music Festival is underway in one of this country's most beautiful cities - Savannah, Georgia. PT host Fred Child will be there this weekend, hosting several live on-stage events with some of the festival's all-star guests. In today's show, we'll revisit a couple of great Savannah performances from past festivals, including mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile and the Assad Brothers Guitar Duo.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Franz Schubert
Fourth movement from Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 137, No. 2, D. 385
Andrew Manze, violin, Richard Egarr, fortepiano
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George Gershwin
Promenade (Walking the Dog)
The Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonie, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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Rodion Shchedrin
Quadrille from Not Love Alone
Ivan Karizna, cello, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow, Russia
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Tom Nicholson from Lynn Center, Illinois
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Gerald Finzi
Romance for String Orchestra, Op. 11
The Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Morton, director
Wigmore Hall, London, England
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Henry Purcell
Fantasia upon one Note, Pavan in B-flat, and Chacony in G Minor
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze, conductor
City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland
hour 2
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John Foulds
Keltic Lament, Op. 29 No. 2
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, conductor
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Excerpts from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Chris Thile and Mike Marshall, mandolins
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
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Egberto Gismonti
Palhaco
The Assad Brothers Guitar Duo
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
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Felix Mendelssohn
Sextet in D for Piano and Strings, Op. 110
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Musicians
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
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Giacomo Puccini
Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
The City of Birmingham Symphony, Andris Nelsons, conductor
Lucerne Summer Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
