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A lark in manhattan

The Frick Collection is a small museum in New York City that hosts some wonderful concerts. The Czech Republic's Talich Quartet was there to perform Haydn's "Lark" String Quartet, a work that gained its nickname for a violin part reminiscent of the song of a lark.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Leos Janacek: Romance for Violin and Piano
Violinist Petr Messieurer and pianist Radoslav Kvapil

Matthew Locke: Suite No. 1 in G Minor ("For Several Friends")
Hille Perl, viola de gamba; Lee Santana, lute; and Maurice Steger, recorder
Dresden Music Festival, Dresden, Germany

"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Keith Aleo from Boston

Leos Janacek: Suite from the opera, "The Cunning Little Vixen"
The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Vladimir Valek
Dvorak Hall, Prague, Czech Republic

Hour 2

Peter Tchaikovsky: "Old French Melody" and "Song of the Lark" from "Children's Album," Op. 39
Pianist Michael Ponti

Traditional Irish: "The Lark in the Clear Air"
Violinist Geraldine O'Grady and pianist Margaret O'Sullivan

Grigoras Dinicu: "The Lark"
Flutist Michael Martin Kofler and the Sebastian String Quartet
Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Zagreb, Croatia

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 64, No. 5 ("The Lark")
The Talich Quartet
The Frick Collection, New York City

Bela Bartok: Second movement from Concerto for Orchestra
The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela with conductor Gustavo Dudamel
Symphony Hall, Boston

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat, K. 191
Bassoonist Kenneth Munday with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and conductor Joseph Swensen
Royce Hall, Westwood, California

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