Pianist Charles Wadsworth is the long-time Director for Chamber Music at the Spoleto Festival USA. He'll be retiring after this year's Festival. National broadcasts of chamber music from Spoleto are co-produced by South Carolina ETV and Radio, and WDAV Classical Public Radio. On today's show, Wadsworth and pianist Wendy Chen team up to play Dvorak's "Silent Woods."
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Pieter Hellendaal: Allegro and March from Concerto Grosso No. 5
Violinist Andrew Manze with the European Community Baroque Orchestra and conductor Roy Goodman
Maurice Ravel: "La Valse"
Pianists Steven De Groote and Ralph Votapek
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
John Corigliano: Excerpts from "Mr. Tambourine Man," and "Forever Young"
Soprano Hila Plitman with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor JoAnn Falletta
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Orchestral Suite from "Pygmalion"
The European Union Baroque Orchestra with conductor Roy Goodman
Bulgaria Concert Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria
Hour 2
Leo Delibes: "Flower Duet," from "Lakme"
Soprano Mady Mesple and mezzo-soprano Danielle Millet with the Orchestre du Theatre National de L'Opera-Comique and conductor Alain Lombard
Conrad Kocher and Jean-Fery Rebel: "For the Beauty of the Earth" and "Les Elemens"
Apollo's Fire with conductor and harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: "Returning Waves," Op. 9
The National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Jacek Kaspszyk
Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Joseph Rivers: "Forest Journey," from Trio for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello
Trio Tulsa
Tulsa Community College Performing Arts Center for Education, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Antonin Dvorak: "Waldesruhe" ("Silent Woods"), Op. 68, No. 5
Pianists Wendy Chen and Charles Wadsworth
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
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