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Aspen Perfchats

Here at PT, we call them perfchats: music and conversation with some of the top artists in classical music. In today's show, the first in a series of perfchats from the Aspen Music Festival. Pianist Steven Osborne plays music by Ravel and Prokofiev, from a special event recorded at Aspen on Monday night. Plus, the art of busking at Aspen.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Cole Porter: Night and Day
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin, Masao Kawasaki, viola, Mats Lindstrom, cello

Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23
Joyce Yang, piano, the Aspen Festival Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado

Eugene Ysaye: Obsession, from Sonata for Violin, Op. 27, No. 2
Julia Fischer, violin
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado

Frederick Loewe: I Could Have Danced All Night, from My Fair Lady
Deborah Voigt, soprano, the Aspen Chamber Symphony, David Zinman, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado

Hour 2

Claude Debussy: The Wind in the Plain and the Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Steven Osborne, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
The Aspen Chamber Symphony, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado

Perfchat with Steven Osborne: Perfchat

Maurice Ravel: La Vallee des Cloches (the Valley of the Bells), from Miroirs
Steven Osborne, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado

Sergei Prokofiev: Excerpts from Sarcasms, Op. 17
Steven Osborne, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado

Tomas Luis de Victoria: Excerpts from Requiem
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips, director
The BBC Proms, London, England

Giuseppe Verdi: Excerpt from Requiem
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, combined choirs, soloists, Semyon Bychkov, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England

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