Poster Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin Music Director of the New Century Chamber Orchestra
www.nadjasalernosonnenberg.com
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Part Vivaldi, Part Tango

Like plenty of other great ideas, at first glance, it might leave you scratching your head a bit. Start with an old chestnut by Antonio Vivaldi, the Four Seasons. And see it through an entirely different lens, the sultry, smoky Argentinian tango. Is that really such a good idea? Well, in a word, yes! Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg plays Astor Piazzolla's Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, from a concert in San Francisco.

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Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Fritz Kreisler: Leibesleid (Love's Sorrow)
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin, Sandra Rivers, piano

Isaac Albeniz: Asturias, from Suite Espanola, Op. 47
Jason Vieaux, guitar
92nd Street Y, New York City

The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is June Echols from Richmond, Virginia

Astor Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin and leader, the New Century Chamber Orchestra
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco

Hour 2

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 Cityv

Franz Schubert: Sonata in A Minor, D.821 (Arpeggione)
Yuri Bashmet, viola and director, the Moscow Soloists
Kolarac Hall, Belgrade, Serbia

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