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August 9, 2010

Joshua Bell at Aspen, Then and Now

Violinist Joshua Bell remembers being a 15-year-old student at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and how it changed his life. He'll tell the story, and we'll hear Gil Shaham, Cho-Liang Lin, Ingrid Fliter, and others share their Aspen memories. And from this summer's Aspen Music Festival, Joshua Bell joins the Aspen Chamber Symphony to play the Violin Concerto by Felix Mendelssohn. Also from the 2010 Aspen Festival: David Finckel and Wu Han play Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 2, Ingrid Fliter plays a pair of Chopin Waltzes, and flutist Marina Piccinini and the Brasil Guitar Duo play "Doce de Coco" by Brazilian composer Jacob do Bandolim.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Second movement from Sonata No. 18 in E-flat, Op. 31, No. 3
    Ingrid Fliter, piano
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
    Joshua Bell, violin, the Aspen Chamber Symphony, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • Frederic Chopin
    Grande Valse Brillante in E-Flat, Op. 18, and Waltz in D-flat, Op. 64, No. 1
    Ingrid Fliter, piano
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • Jacob do Bandolim
    Doce de Coco
    Marina Piccinini, flute, the Brasil Guitar Duo
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado

hour 2

  • Frederic Chopin
    Second movement from Sonata for Piano and Cello in G Minor, Op. 65
    Wu Han, piano, David Finckel, cello
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Excerpts from Serenade No. 10 in B-flat, K. 361 (Gran Partita)
    The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Douglas Boyd, conductor
    The BBC Proms, London, England
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2
    David Finckel, cello, Wu Han, piano
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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