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September 3, 2008

One last breath of summer

We'll spend most of our second hour with music inspired by summer. The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet plays Samuel Barber's "Summer Music" in Cleveland. And violinist Joshua Bell plays "Spring" and "Summer" from Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" with the UBS Festival Chamber Orchestra at California's Festival del Sole.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Maurice Ravel
    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes, No. 7
    Violinist Vladimir Spivakov and pianist Sergei Bezrodny
  • Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach
    Trio Sonata in B-flat
    Trio Virtuosi
    Duane Smith Auditorium, Los Alamos, New Mexico
  • "The Piano Puzzler"
    This week's contestant is Master Sgt. Bob Boguslaw from West Friendship, Maryland
  • Maurice Ravel
    "Pavane for a Dead Princess"
    The BBC Symphony Orchestra with conductor George Benjamin
    The BBC Proms, London, England
  • Maurice Ravel
    "Bolero"
    The BBC Symphony Orchestra with conductor George Benjamin
    The BBC Proms, London, England

hour 2

  • Peter Tchaikovsky
    "Autumn Song" ("October" from "The Seasons")
    Pianist John O'Conor
  • Samuel Barber
    "Summer Music," Op. 31
    The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
    Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland
  • Antonio Vivaldi
    Violin Concerto in E, Op. 8, No. 1 ("Spring" from "The Four Seasons")
    Violinist and director Joshua Bell with the UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Festival del Sole, Napa, California
  • Antonio Vivaldi
    Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2 ("Summer" from "The Four Seasons")
    Violinist and director Joshua Bell with the UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Festival del Sole, Napa, California
  • Mark O'Connor
    "In the Summertime"
    Mark O'Connor's Appalachia Waltz Trio
    Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival, Cooperstown, New York
  • Astor Piazzolla
    "Autumn" from "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires"
    Violinist Andres Cardenes with the Strings Chamber Orchestra
    Strings Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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