We spent the past week on Performance Today featuring the legendary Marlboro Music Festival in Marlboro, Vermont. Host Fred Child spent some time there recently. It's a rare "republic of equals," as its founder Rudolf Serkin called it, with young professionals and seasoned veterans playing side-by-side. This weekend, we'll hear about the magic of Marlboro from the people who make it their home for seven weeks each summer. Plus, Bruce Adolphe drops by for another Piano Puzzler.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Felix Mendelssohn: Intermezzo from String Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 13
The Juilliard String Quartet
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Rhine Church Festival Dances
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Michael Praetorius: Four Dances from the Late Renaissance
The Georgia Guitar Quartet
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Witold Lutoslawski: Excerpt from Dance Preludes
Musicians from the Music Academy of the West
Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Chuck Lavazzi from St. Louis, Missouri
Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo in G Minor from Octet for Strings
The New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Hanoi Opera House, Hanoi, Vietnam
George Gershwin: An American in Paris
The New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fourth movement from Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
The Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pablo Casals, conductor
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
Johann Sebastian Bach: First movement from Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
The Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pablo Casals, conductor
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quartet in E-flat, Op. 87
Richard Goode, piano, Joseph Lin, violin, Dimitri Murrath, viola, Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir, cello
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo from Sonatina in B-flat for Bassoon and Cello, K. 292
Alexander Heller, bassoon, Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.
Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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