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April 5, 2011

Midori in the PT Studios

Violinist Midori joined host Fred Child in our PT studios recently for an hour of music and conversation. She talks about the singular power of music by Bach ("so spiritual, so cleansing, so difficult") and about the many ways in which she is reaching out to young musicians, and young listeners. Plus, Marin Alsop leads the Baltimore Symphony in a performance of Dvorak's Seventh Symphony.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Joan Tower
    Fanfare No. 4 for the Uncommon Woman
    The Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor
  • Anthony DiLorenzo
    Fire Dance
    The United States Air Force Reserve Brass Quintet
    Reinhardt College, Waleska, Georgia
  • Andrea Falconieri
    Passecaille
    Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, conductor and harpsichord
    St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
  • Antonin Dvorak
    Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70
    The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor
    Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore

hour 2

  • Pablo de Sarasate
    Habanera, Op. 21, No. 2
    Midori, violin, Robert McDonald, piano
  • Perfchat with Midori
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    First movement from Solo Violin Sonata in G Minor, BWV 1001
    Midori, violin
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Johannes Brahms
    First movement from Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, Op. 78
    Midori, violin, Robert McDonald, piano
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Max Bruch
    Finale from Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra in G Minor, Op. 26
    Midori, violin, the Berlin Philharmonic, Mariss Jansons, conductor
  • Paul Hindemith
    Violin Sonata in E-flat, Op. 11, No. 1
    Midori, violin, Robert McDonald, piano
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Fritz Kreisler
    Syncopation
    Midori, violin, Robert McDonald, piano
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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