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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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to Cosi fan Tutte
The Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Barenboim, conductor
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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
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Egberto Gismonti
Memoria e Fado
Odair Assad, guitar
Guitar Alla Grande Festival, Ottawa, Ontario
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Hector Berlioz
Excerpts from Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
The Berlin Philharmonic, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
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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
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Frederic Chopin
Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 55, No. 2
Richard Goode, piano
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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
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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