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 the Aspen Music Festival, Joshua Bell joins the Aspen Chamber Symphony to play the Violin Concerto by Felix Mendelssohn.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
John Corigliano: Victoria's Departure, from the Red Violin
Joshua Bell, violin, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fourth movement from Flute Sonata in E, BWV 1035
Marina Piccinini, flute, the Brasil Guitar Duo
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Joshua Bell, violin, the Aspen Chamber Symphony, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
David Maslanka: Third movement from Quintet No. 2
The Bergen Woodwind Quintet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Hour 2
Joan Tower: Fanfare No. 4 for the Uncommon Woman
The Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor
Anthony DiLorenzo: Fire Dance
The United States Air Force Reserve Brass Quintet
Reinhardt College, Waleska, Georgia
Andrea Falconieri: Passecaille
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, conductor and harpsichord
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore
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