The 2012 Savannah Music Festival is underway in one of this country's most beautiful cities - Savannah, Georgia. PT host Fred Child will be there this weekend, hosting several live on-stage events with some of the festival's all-star guests. In today's show, we'll revisit a couple of great Savannah performances from past festivals, including mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile and the Assad Brothers Guitar Duo.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Schubert: Fourth movement from Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 137, No. 2, D. 385
Andrew Manze, violin, Richard Egarr, fortepiano
George Gershwin: Promenade (Walking the Dog)
The Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonie, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Rodion Shchedrin: Quadrille from Not Love Alone
Ivan Karizna, cello, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow, Russia
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Tom Nicholson from Lynn Center, Illinois
Gerald Finzi: Romance for String Orchestra, Op. 11
The Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Morton, director
Wigmore Hall, London, England
Henry Purcell: Fantasia upon one Note, Pavan in B-flat, and Chacony in G Minor
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze, conductor
City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland
Hour 2
John Foulds: Keltic Lament, Op. 29 No. 2
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Excerpts from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Chris Thile and Mike Marshall, mandolins
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
Egberto Gismonti: Palhaco
The Assad Brothers Guitar Duo
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
Felix Mendelssohn: Sextet in D for Piano and Strings, Op. 110
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Musicians
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
Giacomo Puccini: Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
The City of Birmingham Symphony, Andris Nelsons, conductor
Lucerne Summer Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
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