After years of composing, Antonin Dvorak finally had a hit with his "Slavonic Dances." We'll go to Switzerland's Lucerne Festival to hear a delightful performance of the entire Opus 72 collection. Daniel Harding leads the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia in C Minor, BWV 906
Pianist Sviatoslav Richter
William Bolcom: "Virtuosity Rag"
Brandon Eubank and Paul Murphy, trumpets; Emily Nagel, horn; Shachar Israel, tenor trombone; Aubrey Foard, tuba
Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California
Antonin Dvorak: Four Slavonic Dances
Mahler Chamber Orchestra with conductor Daniel Harding
Lucerne Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sarabande from Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
Violinist Barnabas Kelemen
Fatra House of Arts, Zilina, Slovakia
Hour 2
Francois Couperin: Two pieces from "Pieces de Clavecin"
Pianist Angela Hewitt
Robert Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2
Pianist Emanuel Ax
International Festival of Chamber Music, Schenectady, New York
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, A. 501
Guitarist Laura Klemke with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor JoAnn Falletta
JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition, Buffalo, New York
Claude Debussy: "The Girl With the Flaxen Hair "
Clarinetist Ethan Sloane and pianist James Kidd
Hampden-Sydney Music Festival, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia
Francois Couperin: "La Pucelle"
Ann Marie Morgan, viola da gamba, with the Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players
St. Mark's Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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