We tend to refer to it as simply the Aspen Festival or the Aspen Music Festival. But its full name is the Aspen Music Festival and School. Teaching and learning are a huge part of what goes on every summer in Aspen. Today, stories of learning from Aspen, including violinist Sarah Chang getting not only violin lessons, but driving lessons from her teacher, Dorothy DeLay. And cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han teach a master class to Aspen students.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Alexander Borodin: Scherzo from String Quartet No. 2 in D
The Emerson String Quartet
Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody
Mark Teplitsky, flute, KC Brazeau, oboe, Jamie Roberts, English horn, the Aspen Concert Orchestra, Christopher Seaman, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Frederic Chopin (Arranged by Nathan Milstein): Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp Minor, Op. post.
Sarah Chang, violin, Sandra Rivers, piano
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D Minor, Hob. III/83, Op. 103
The Emerson String Quartet
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Johann Sebastian Bach: Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
Daniel Hope, violin and conductor, Festival Musicians
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Johann Sebastian Bach: Third movement from Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043
Daniel Hope and Stefan Jackiw, violins, Festival Musicians
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak: Final movement from Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 90 (Dumky)
Wu Han, piano, Ani Kavafian, violin, David Finckel, cello
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
Heinrich Schutz: Two Italian Madrigals
The American Brass Quintet
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Claude Debussy: Excerpts from Children's Corner
Orli Shaham, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata in A, Op. 69
David Finckel, cello, Wu Han, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Frederic Chopin: Waltz in D-Flat, Op. 64, No. 1
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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