There's plenty of gloomy talk these days about the impending death of classical music. Nay-sayers point to dwindling audiences and orchestra balance sheets awash in red ink. After today's show, you won't be able to reach any conclusion except one: the future of classical music is in very good hands. We're featuring some remarkable young musicians, including Time for Three, pianist Mariangela Vacatello, and PT's newest Young Artist-in-Residence, violinist Mayumi Kanagawa, who will be in the PT studios for the next five days.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Igor Stravinsky: Tableau 1: Prologue, from Apollon Musagete (Apollo)
The Moscow Soloists, Yuri Bashmet, conductor
Antonio Vivaldi: Third movement from Trio in G Minor, RV 85
Revien
Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens Georgia
Time for Three: Samuel
Time for Three
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Ernest Bloch: Ba'al Shem (Three Pictures of Chassidic Life)
Gil Shaham, violin, Orli Shaham, piano
92nd Street Y, New York City
Franz Schubert: Sonata in A Minor, D.821 (Arpeggione)
Yuri Bashmet, viola and director, the Moscow Soloists
Kolarac Hall, Belgrade, Serbia
Hour 2
Leonard Bernstein: First movement from Sonata for Clarinet
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet, the London Symphony Orchestra, Eric Stern, conductor
Traditional (Arranged by Gene Kavadlo): Klezmer Dances
The Imani Winds
Brendle Recital Hall, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Dmitri Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 87
Mariangela Vacatello, piano
Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Traditional: Improvisation on Hvilket Postbud en due (Which Postman a Dove)
Bolette Roed, recorder
Music in Paradise Festival, Paradyz, Poland
PT Young Artist-in-Residence: Mayumi Kanagawa, violin
Eugene Ysaye: Solo Violin Sonata, Op. 27, No. 3 (Dedicated to George Enescu)
Mayumi Kanagawa, violin
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture and Suite
The Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Wayne Marshall, conductor
Philharmonie, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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