Violinist Gil Shaham has been going to the Aspen Music Festival since he was ten; he was a student there, he met his wife there, and now he goes back every summer for the fresh mountain air and to play music. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear Gil Shaham and the Aspen Festival Orchestra play music by Bach.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 7, "Eroica"
Nelson Goerner, piano
Liszt: Etudes d'execution transcendante
Cascavelle 3029
Johann Strauss, Jr.: Kuss-Walzer, Op. 400
Vienna Philharmonic; Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Goldener Saal des Wiener Musikvereins, Vienna, Austria
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestants are Dick & Serena LaVine from New York, NY
Jozef Krogulski: Piano Octet in D minor, Op. 6
Nelson Goerner, piano
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Witold Lugoslawki Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw, Poland
Hour 2
Dmitri Shostakovich: Adagio (Elegy) for string quartet
Emerson String Quartet
Shostakovich String Quartets
DG 463284
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
Caryl Florio: Quartette (Allegro de Concert)
Washington Saxophone Quartet
Wolf Trap Foundation, The Barns at Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 67
David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano; Philip Setzer, violin
Spivey Hall, Morrow, GA
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Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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