The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia is the most selective school in the country. Only 4% of applicants get in. And even then, it depends on what instrument you play. Curtis only accepts enough students to fill the chairs of a symphony orchestra. In today's show, we'll hear the occupants of those highly sought-after chairs, the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, in concert in Philadelphia.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johannes Brahms: Two Capriccios, from Seven Fantasies, Op. 116
Richard Goode, piano
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Regina Coeli (Queen of Heaven)
The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice, director
Utrecht Early Music Festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Gaspar Sanz: Excerpts from Instruccion de Musica Sobre la Guitarra Espanola
Rolf Lislevand, Baroque guitar
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
Chick Corea: Spain
Quartet San Francisco
Green Music Festival, Rohnert Park, California
Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Hour 2
Edward Elgar: Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, No. 1
The English Sinfonia, Charles Groves, conductor
Franz Schubert: Hungarian Melody, D. 817
Andras Schiff, piano
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Thomas Ravenscroft: Of All the Birds That Ever I See
Laoise O'Brien, recorder, and friends
Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny, Ireland
Franz Liszt: Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, Mephisto Waltz No. 1
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Marc Andreae, conductor
Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
Morten Lauridsen: Contre qui, Rose (Against Whom, Rose)
Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson, director
Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin, Texas
Edward Elgar: In the South (Alassio), Op. 50
The Curtis Symphony Orchestra, James Judd, conductor
Verizon Hall, Philadelphia
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