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August 18, 2010
The Lark Ascending
A single lark swoops and flits, hovers and circles, all the while rising higher and higher over the English countryside. It's Ralph Vaughan Williams' much-loved work for violin and orchestra, "The Lark Ascending." We'll hear Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti in a performance at a London Proms concert a couple of weeks ago. Then we'll be the ones doing the ascending, riding the gondola to the top of the mountain at the Aspen Music Festival. We'll hear Dvorak's Carnival Overture, from a concert last summer at Aspen.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Arcangelo Corelli
Sonata for Strings in A Minor, Op. 1, No. 4
The Purcell Quartet and friends
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 211
Gil Shaham, violin, the Aspen Festival Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Gary Hoffman from Ketchum, Idaho
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Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso in D Minor for Strings and Continuo, after Corelli's Op. 5, No. 12 (La Folia)
Musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
hour 2
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor
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Vincent Persichetti
Excerpts from Serenade No. 10 for Flute and Harp, Op. 79
Aralee Dorough, flute, Paula Page, harp
International Festival-Institute at Round Top, Round Top, Texas
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Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture, B. 169, Op. 92
The Aspen Festival Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Nicola Benedetti, violin, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Stephen Sondheim
Send in the Clowns, from A Little Night Music
Judi Dench, singer, the BBC Concert Orchestra, David Charles Abell, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
