We'll travel to Coral Gables, Florida, to hear music from the Spanish baroque performed by violinist Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI. And Kristian Bezuidenhout will sit down at the harpsichord and offer a Toccata by Johann Froberger.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Second movement from Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat, BWV 1051
The European Brandenburg Ensemble with harpsichordist and director Trevor Pinnock
William Grant Still: Suite for Violin and Orchestra ("Mother and Child")
Violinist Danielle Belen Nesmith with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra and conductor Tito Munoz
Orchestra Hall, Detroit
"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Abigail Cross from Somerville, Massachusetts.
John Dowland: "Lachrymae Pavin"
Lutenist Hopkinson Smith
Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival, Cooperstown, New York
Johannes Kapsberger: Fantasie
Lutenist Hopkinson Smith
Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival, Cooperstown, New York
Pedro Guerrero: "La Moresca"
Hesperion XXI with violinist and director Jordi Savall
Tropical Baroque Music Festival, Coral Gables, Florida
Gaspar Sanz: "Jacaras" and "Canarios"
Hesperion XXI with violinist and director Jordi Savall
Tropical Baroque Music Festival, Coral Gables, Florida
Joan Cabanilles: "Obertura, Corrente italiana"
Hesperion XXI with violinist and director Jordi Savall
Tropical Baroque Music Festival, Coral Gables, Florida
Antonio Martin y Coll: "Romanesca"
Hesperion XXI with violinist and director Jordi Savall
Tropical Baroque Music Festival, Coral Gables, Florida
Johann Froberger: Toccata in C
Harpsichordist Kristian Bezuidenhout
Tropical Baroque Music Festival, Coral Gables, Florida
Hour 2
Max Reger: "Bacchanale" from Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin, Op. 128
The Buffalo Philharmonic with conductor JoAnn Falletta
Giuseppe Verdi: "Triumphal March" from "Aida"
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus with conductor JoAnn Falletta
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
John Adams: "Hallelujah Junction"
Pianists Orli Shaham and Anton Nel
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Traditional: "Ecstasy"
Anonymous 4
Virginia Arts Festival, Portsmouth, Virginia
Ignace Pleyel: String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat, B. 311
The Enso String Quartet
The Menil Collection, Houston
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