It's winter in the southern hemisphere now. Here in the north, we'll have to rely on violinist Joshua Bell to provide our icicles. He'll perform "Winter" from Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" in Indiana. We'll also hear music inspired by the beauty of all the seasons, from Tchaikovsky's April in Russia to Astor Piazzolla's "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires."
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Felix Blumenfeld
: Etude for the Left Hand Alone, Op. 36
Pianist Michael Ponti
Newport Music Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
Sir Edward Elgar
: Third movement from Violin Sonata in E Minor, Op. 82, and "Salut d'Amore," Op. 12
Violinist Nai-Yuan Hu and pianist John Lenehan
Newport Music Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414
Pianist and conductor Maurizio Pollini with the Vienna Philharmonic
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
Enrique Granados
: "El mirar de la Maja" ("The Gaze of the Maja")
Mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and pianist Steven Blier
Caramoor International Music Festival, Katonah, New York
Enrique Granados
: Fourth movement from Trio for violin, cello, and piano, Op. 50, H. 140
Violinist Jennifer Frautschi, cellist Jiri Barta and pianist Daniel del Pino
Newport Music Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
Hour 2
Joseph Haydn
: "Scon eilet froh der Ackersmann" from "The Seasons," Hob. 21/3
Baritone Thomas Quasthoff with Staatskapelle Dresden and conductor Sebastian Weigle
James Oswald
: "Ranunculus" from "Airs for the Seasons"
Chatham Baroque
Synod Hall, Oakland, Pennsylvania
Antonio Vivaldi
: "Winter" from "The Four Seasons"
Violinist and conductor Joshua Bell with the Indiana University Festival Orchestra
Summer Music Festival, Bloomington, Indiana
Astor Piazzolla
: "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires"
Violinist and conductor Andres Cardenes with the Strings Chamber Orchestra
Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Peter Tchaikovsky
: "October (Autumn's Song)" Op. 37b, No. 10, and "April (The Snowdrop)" from "The Seasons," Op. 37b, No. 4
Violist Helen Callus and pianist Robert Koenig
Unitarian Society, Santa Barbara, California
