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Performance Today®

Alisa Weilerstein on the Aspen experience

For students at the Aspen Music Festival and School, the experience is not just about the music. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear cellist Alisa Weilerstein's take on the Aspen experience. Plus, we'll hear her play a cello solo by Osvaldo Golijov live from Aspen's Harris Hall.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Cole Porter (arr. Mats Lindstrom): Night and Day
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin; Masao Kawasaki, viola; Mats Lindstrom, cello
Music from the Aspen Festival
EMI 56481

Astor Piazzolla: Milonga Del Angel
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Anton Nel, piano
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO

Alexander Scriabin: Vers la flamme, poeme, Op. 72
Vladimir Feltsman, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO

Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 51, No. 1: 2. Romanza
Jupiter String Quartet
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO

Enrique Granados: Twelve Spanish Dances: Andaluza
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Aspen Music Festival, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO

Walter Ross: Concertino in Silver and Bronze
Nadine Asin, flute; Aspen Festival Brass Ensemble; Per Brevig, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO

Hour 2

Arvo Part: Passcaglia
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; English Chamber Orchestra; Daivd Lockington, conductor
The Four Seasons
Koch 7790

Somei Satoh: Sange
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Anton Nel, piano
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO

Osvaldo Golijav: Omaramor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93: 1. Allegro vivace e con brio; 3. Tempo di Menuetto; 4. Allegro vivace
Aspen Chamber Symphony; Jane Glover, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO

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