What do you get when you combine a beautiful mountain location, brilliant young musicians, and bright, enthusiastic audiences? Find out on Monday's Performance Today, as we begin our week-long residency at the Aspen Music Festival in Aspen, Colo.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Schubert: German Dance, D 783, No. 10; Landler D 790, No. 3; Moment Musical D 780, No. 3
Gil Shaham, violin, Goran Sollscher, guitar
DG 471 568
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BMV 1041
Gil Shaham, violin; Aspen Festival Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor and harpsichord
Aspen Music Festival, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
Isaac Albeniz (arr. Stephen Hough): Espana, Op. 165: 5. Capricho Catalan
Stephen Hough, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35: 3. Andantino quasi allegretto; 4. Allegro molto
Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra; Joshua Gersen, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
Hour 2
Bela Bartok (arr. Szendrey-Karper/Galbraith): For Children, Hungarian Folk Tunes, Volume 1: No. 6: Hey, Tulip, Tulip!; No. 25: Laszlo Feher Stole a Horse; No. 26: Go Round, Sweetheart, Go Round; No. 20: Drinking Song; No. 10: Walachian Game; No. 21 Parsley and Celery
Paul Galbraith, 8-string guitar
In Every Lake the Moon Shines Full
Delos 3236
George Gershwin: It Ain't Necessarily So
Ray Chen, violin; Inara Zandmane, piano
Aspen Music Festival Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
Mark Sparks, Bil Jackson, Nancy Goeres, David Halen, Ellen dePasquale, Cornelia Heard, Joshua Weilersein, Stephen Wyrczynski, Catharine Carroll, Thomas Chartre, Sarina Zhang, Albert Laszlo, Orli Sha
Aspen Music Festival, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
Bela Bartok: Hungarian Sketches for orchestra, BB 103, Sz 97: 1. An Evening in the Village; 2. Bear Dance; 4. Slightly Tipsy; 5. Swineherd's Dance
Aspen Chamber Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
Frank Zappa: Let's Make the Water Turn Black
Aspen Percussion Ensemble; Jonathan Haas, director
Belly Up, Aspen, CO
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