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August 12, 2009
Mountain Music
While he was composing it, the working title for one of Aaron Copland's most beloved works was simply, "Ballet for Martha." Martha was Martha Graham, and just before it premiered, the ballet got its name, "Appalachian Spring." We'll hear music from "Appalachian Spring" on today's show, courtesy of the Marlboro Music School and Festival in the southern hills of Vermont.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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J. S. Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049: III. Presto
Alexander Schneider, violin; Ornulf Gulbransen, flute; Nacy Dalley, flute; Marlboro Festival Orchestra: Pablo Casals, cond.
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Francisco Tarrega
Capricho Arabe
Jason Vieaux, guitar
Strings Music Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO
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William Bolcom
Let Evening Come (song cycle): II. 'Tis not that Dying hurts us so (text: Emily Dickinson)
Hyunah Yu, soprano; Samuel Rhodes, viola; Benjamin Hochman, piano
Marlboro Concert Hall - Marlboro Music Festival; Marlboro, Vermont
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Schumann
Spanische Liebeslieder, Op. 138: X. Vista ciega, luz oscura
Emily Bullock and Junko Watanabe, sopranos; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Thomas Meglioranza, baritone; Renana Gutman & Richard Goode, piano four hands
Marlboro Concert Hall, Marlboro, Vermont
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This weeks contestant is Joseph Tamborino from Walnut Creek, CA.
Piano Puzzler
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Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
Anna Polonsky, piano; Yonah Zur, violin; Lily Francis, violin; Julianne Lee, violin; Sarah Kapustin, violin; Rachel Ku, Viola; Mark Holloway, viola; Earl Lee, cello; Wei Yu, cello; Nathan Farrington, double bass; Valerie Tessa Chermiset, flute; Charles Neidich, clarinet; William Winstead, bassoon
Marlboro Concert Hall, Marlboro, Vermont
hour 2
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Isaac Albeniz
(trans. Russ): Sevilla
Christopher Parkening, guitar
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Jacob van Eyck
The English Nightingale
Marion Verbruggen, recorder virtuoso
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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Faure
After a Dream (encore)
Joshua Bell, violin; Jeremy Denk, piano
Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX
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Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto no. 2
Martina Filjak, piano; Cleveland Orchestra; Jahja Ling, conductor
Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH
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Luigi Legnani
Two Caprices: Caprices Nos. 22 + 29
Silviu Ciulei, guitar
Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
