August 29, 2008
A string quartet writ large
On the grounds of a vineyard in California's Napa Valley, violinist Joshua Bell recently led the UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra in a concert. We'll hear them perform an arrangement for string orchestra that Gustav Mahler made of Schubert's "Death and the Maiden" String Quartet.
Today's Playlist
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Francis Poulenc
"Trois mouvements perpetuels"
Pianist Francis Poulenc
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Jean-Baptiste Lully
Three excerpts from "Persee"
Le Concert Spirituel
Manege de la Grande Ecurie, Versailles, France
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Erik Satie
No. 3 from Trois Gnossiennes
The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic with conductor Ed Spanjaard
Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Eugene Ysaye
First Movement from Sonata No. 5
Violinist Natasha Korsakova
University Cinema, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Francis Poulenc
Sinfonietta
The Israel Chamber Orchestra with conductor Philippe Entremont
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
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Jules Massenet
Meditation from "Thais"
Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Huw Watkins
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Franz Schubert
"Night and Dreams," D. 827
Cellist Mischa Maisky and pianist Daria Hovora
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Gustav Mahler
"I Breathed a Linden Fragrance"
The Bergonzi String Quartet
Festival Miami, Miami, Florida
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Franz Schubert
Quartet in D Minor, D. 810 ("Death and the Maiden")
The UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra with violinist and director Joshua Bell
Festival del Sole, Napa, California
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Astor Piazzolla
"Otono Porteno"
The Katona Twins
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia