We'll go to the Czech city of Prague to hear an evocative performance of Ottorino Respighi's "The Pines of Rome" by conductor Marcello Rota and the Czech National Symphony. And we'll stay in Prague, where two Italians - violinist Riccardo Minasi and harpsichordist Giulia Nuti - play a violin sonata by J.S. Bach.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Louis Gruenberg: "Serenade to a Beauteous Lady"
The Czech National Symphony Orchestra with conductor Paul Freeman
Johannes Brahms: Waltz in A-flat
Pianist Orion Weiss
Sanibel Music Festival, Sanibel, Florida
Antonin Dvorak: "Humoresque"
The Prague Chamber Orchestra
Worcester Music Festival, Worcester, Massachusetts
Edvard Grieg: "Poeme Erotique"
Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han
International Festival of Chamber Music, Schenectady, New York
Ottorino Respighi: "The Pines of Rome"
The Czech National Symphony Orchestra with conductor Marcello Rota
Smetana Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata in G, BWV 1019
Violinist Riccardo Minasi and harpsichordist Giulia Nuti
Brevnov Monastery, Prague, Czech Republic
Hour 2
Steve Reich: Duet for Two Violins and String Orchestra
Violinists Edna Mitchell and Ulf Hoelscher with the Karlsruhe Ensemble and conductor Andreas Weiss
Robert Hundley: "Heart! We Will Forget Him"
Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore and pianist Antoine Palloc
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
Francois Couperin: Concert Royal No. 4 in E Minor
Stephen Taylor, oboe d'amore, cellist Fred Sherry and harpsichordist Anthony Newman
New York Society for Ethical Culture, New York City
Steve Reich: "Nagoya Marimbas"
David Cossin and Steven Schick, marimbas
La Jolla SummerFest, La Jolla, California
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 89 in F ("The Letter W"), Hob. 1/89
The French National Orchestra with conductor Riccardo Muti
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris
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