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April 11, 2012
Part Vivaldi, Part Tango
Like plenty of other great ideas, at first glance, it might leave you scratching your head a bit. Start with an old chestnut by Antonio Vivaldi, the Four Seasons. And see it through an entirely different lens, the sultry, smoky Argentinian tango. Is that really such a good idea? Well, in a word, yes! Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg plays Astor Piazzolla's Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, from a concert in San Francisco.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Fritz Kreisler
Leibesleid (Love's Sorrow)
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin, Sandra Rivers, piano
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Isaac Albeniz
Asturias, from Suite Espanola, Op. 47
Jason Vieaux, guitar
92nd Street Y, New York City
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is June Echols from Richmond, Virginia
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Astor Piazzolla
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin and leader, the New Century Chamber Orchestra
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
hour 2
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Gustav Holst
March from Second Suite in F, Op. 28, No. 2
The Cleveland Symphonic Winds, Frederick Fennell, conductor
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William Bolcom
(...valse oubliable), from Nine New Bagatelles
Joel Fan, piano
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Franz Liszt
Valse Oubliee No. 1, S. 215
Stephen Hough, piano
Henry Wood Hall, London, England
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Gustav Holst
Excerpts from the Planets
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the women of the Elmer Iseler Singers and Amadeus Choir, Peter Oundjian, conductor
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario
