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August 19, 2011
Woman Holding a Balance
Alan Fletcher is the President and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival, more than a full-time job. But more than anything else, he says he considers himself to be a composer. A composer who just happens to have a great day job running America's biggest summer music festival. In today's show, we'll hear one of Fletcher's works, "Woman Holding a Balance," based on this painting by Vermeer.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Felix Mendelssohn
Song Without Words, Op. 109
Alisa Weilerstein, cello, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
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Francis Poulenc
Two movements from Clarinet Sonata
Anton Dressler, clarinet, Ingrid Fliter, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat, Op. 31, No. 3
Inon Barnatan, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen Colorado
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Sergei Prokofiev
Third movement from Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63
Robyn Bollinger, violin, the Aspen Concert Orchestra, Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen Colorado
hour 2
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Jennifer Higdon
Second movement from Concerto for Orchestra
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, conductor
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Clara Schumann
Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann, Op. 20
Olga Kern, piano
Bass Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Moments Musicaux, Op. 16, No. 4
Olga Kern, piano
Bass Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043
Julia Fischer and Augustin Hadelich, violins, the Aspen Chamber Symphony
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen Colorado
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Pefchat with Alan Fletcher, Robert Spano and David Halen
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Alan Fletcher
Study (Woman Holding a Balance)
Robert Spano, piano, David Halen, violin
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen Colorado
