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March 5, 2013

Violinist Joshua Bell has played with the some of the best orchestras in the world, giving him a chance to glean some insider advice from some the best conductors in the world. Bell is now putting that advice to good use, conducting the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 4. We'll hear that piece, and Joshua Bell performs a short Sonatina by Schubert in the PT studios.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Cosi fan tutte - Overture
    Berlin Philharmonic; Daniel Barenboim, cond.
  • Guillaume Dufay
    Fuga duorum temporum, "Et in terra hominibus"
    Snow Consort; Bolette Roed, director
    Seminar Church, Paradyz, Poland
  • Innocentio Alberti
    Pavin of Albarti and Galliard
    Hesperion XXI
    Refectory, Abbaye, Fontfroide, France
  • Johann Paul von Westhoff
    'Imitazione delle campane' from Violin Sonata No. 3
    Daniel Hope, violin; Jakob Koranyi, cello
    Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater, Lincoln Center, New York City, NY
  • Francois Couperin
    Pieces de Clavecin, Sixieme Ordre in B flat Major - 4. Le Moucheron
    Angela Hewitt, piano
    Spivey Hall, Morrow, GA
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
    Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

hour 2

  • Antonio Vivaldi
    The Four Seasons "L'estate (Summer)" Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op. 8 No. 2 - Mvmts II. Adagio; III. Presto
    Joshua Bell, violin; Academy of St. Matin in the Fields; John Constable, harpsichord
  • Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky
    Capriccio Italien in A Major, Op. 45
    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
    City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Franz Schubert
    Liebesbotschaft, from 'Schwanengesang', D. 957
    Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone; Llyr Williams, piano
    Combins Hall, Verbier
  • Franz Schubert
    Sonatina in a minor, D.385 --I. Allegro moderato
    Joshua Bell, violin; Sam Haywood, piano
    WQXR Studio, New York, New York
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Symphony No. 4 in B flat Major, Op. 60 - 1. Adagio - Allegro vivace
    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Joshua Bell, conductor
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