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July 29, 2011

The Ghost of Marlboro

All week long, we've been featuring stories about the Marlboro Music Festival, and all the great musicians who've been there. Today, the story of someone else who has supposedly walked the halls of Marlboro. Turns out, there's a ghost. In today's show, the story of Emily Mather, the ghost of Marlboro, and a performance of Beethoven's Ghost Trio.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Overture to Cosi fan Tutte
    The Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Barenboim, conductor
  • Grigory Ginzburg and Gioachino Rossini
    Paraphrase on Largo al Factotum, from Rossini's Barber of Seville
    Denis Matsuev, piano
    Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland
  • Egberto Gismonti
    Memoria e Fado
    Odair Assad, guitar
    Guitar Alla Grande Festival, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Hector Berlioz
    Excerpts from Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
    The Berlin Philharmonic, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
    Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany

hour 2

  • Johannes Brahms
    Scherzo from Piano Trio No. 2 in C, Op. 87
    Matan Porat, piano, Ying Fu, violin, Peter Wiley, cello
    Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
  • Frederic Chopin
    Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 55, No. 2
    Richard Goode, piano
  • Claude Debussy
    Fourth movement from String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
    Joseph Lin and Judy Kang, violins, Richard O'Neill, viola, David Soyer, cello
    Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Piano Trio in D, Op. 70, No. 1 (Ghost Trio)
    Gabriele Carcano, piano, Ying Fu, violin, Colin Carr, cello
    Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
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