Poster Charlie Albright
Charlie Albright
Tatsunori Hashimoto
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PT Young Artist in Residence

Pianist Charlie Albright has been in the studios all week. Today, he wraps up his stay as the newest PT Young Artist in Residence with one of his own improvisations and a transcription of Johann Strauss, Jr.'s, Blue Danube Waltz. Plus, the wacky mating call of the French composer: Hector Berlioz's bizarre love song to a woman he'd never met, his Symphonie Fantastique. We'll hear it from a concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Manuel de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor

Alexander Scriabin: Prelude No. 1 in C
Evgeny Brakhman, piano
Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland

Camille Saint-Saens: Airs de Ballet, from Ascanio
Paula Robison, flute, Bruce Brubaker, piano
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Hector Berlioz: Four movements from Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, conductor
Berlin Music Festival, Berlin, Germany

Hour 2

Eric Ewazen: Adagio from Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra
Marya Martin, flute, the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Paul Polivnick, conductor

Giovanni Gabrieli: Excerpts from Sacrae Symphoniae for Brass
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, conductor
Spring for Music, New York City

PT Young Artist in Residence: Charlie Albright, piano

Charlie Albright: Improvisation
Charlie Albright, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

Adolf Schulz-Evler: Concert Arabesques from On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Charlie Albright, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

Eric Ewazen: A River Valley Idyll for Chamber Orchestra
The Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra, Eric Ewazen, conductor
Doctorow Center for the Arts, Hunter, New York

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