Today's show is all about home, the places that ground us and give us a sense of belonging. Bedrich Smetana wrote a set of pieces called "My Homeland." We'll hear the most famous, "The Moldau," a depiction of the Moldau River as it winds through the Bohemian countryside. And Latvian composer Peteris Vasks wrote this about his "Plainscapes:""The beauty of the Latvian landscape has given me moments of exceptional happiness. The plains are a dominant feature where one can see the horizon and look at the stars." Plus, we'll have the results of the 2010 Chopin International Piano Competition that just wrapped up in Warsaw.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
George Butterworth: English Idyll No. 1
The Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach (Arranged by Time for Three): Bach Double
Time for Three
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Johann Sebastian Bach: Third movement from Violin Sonata No. 3 in C, BWV 1005
Stefan Jackiw, violin
Bellingham Festival of Music, Bellingham, Washington
Arvo Part: Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)
Martin Kuuskmann, bassoon, Kristjan Randalu, piano
Blackheads House, Tallinn, Estonia
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason: Overture from Harvest Home Suite
Jay Ungar, fiddle, Molly Mason, guitar, the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, Paul Gambill, conductor
Bedrich Smetana: The Moldau, from Ma Vlast (My Homeland)
The Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder, conductor
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England
Charles Ives: Suite, Old Home Days
The United States Marine Band, Col. Timothy W. Foley, conductor
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, Maryland
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Third movement from Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370
Gregor Zubicky, oboe, Terje Tonnesen, violin, Lars Anders Tomter, viola, Truls Mork, cello
Fazil Say: Ballade No. 2 (Kumru)
Mihaela Ursuleasa, piano
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland
Adnan Saygun: Sketch No. 10 from Ten Sketches on Aksak Rhythm, Op. 58
Joel Fan, piano
Peteris Vasks: Kantate
Joel Fan, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314
Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Kees Bakels, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Peteris Vasks: Plainscapes for Chorus, Violin, and Cello
Baiba Skride, violin, Tanja Tetzlaff, cello, the NDR Chorus, Philipp Ahmann, director
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Peenemunde, Germany
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