All summer long, we're featuring great American music inspired by great American places as part of our PT Summer Road Trip. This weekend, we'll head to Appalachia to hear mountain music by a Jen Kruger, a Swiss composer who lives in North Carolina.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Schubert: Allegretto in C, D. 346
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Piano Sonata D958/Lieder/Fragments
EMI 84321
Pable de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
Gabriel Croitoru, violin; Romanian Radio National Orchestra; Tiberiu Soare, conductor
Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Romanian Radio, Bucharest, Romania
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Richard Baum from Houston, TX
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in b minor, D. 759, "Unfinished"
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Hour 2
Mark O'Connor: Strings and Threads Suite: 5. Pilgrim's Waltz, 6. Road to Appalachia, 7. Shine On
Mark, O'Connor, violin; Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra; Scott Yoo, conductor
The American Seasons
Sony 89660
Michael Daugherty: Lost Vegas: 3. Fever
Dallas Winds; Michael Haithcock, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F: 2. Assez vif - tres rythme
Seattle Marimba Quartet
In Studio at KING FM, Seattle, WA
Jens Kruger: Appalachian Concerto
Kruger Brothers and the Kontras Quartet
Song of the Mountains, Lincoln Theatre, Marion, VA
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