Violinist Hilary Hahn usually appears as a soloist, but she loves chamber music and occasionally teams up with other all-stars for some musical fun. On today's show, we'll go to a concert at the Skaneateles Festival for a rare chamber performance by Hilary Hahn and friends.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Zhao Jiping: Summer in the High Grassland
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Members of the Silk Road Ensemble
Beyond the Horizon
Sony 93962
Claude Debussy: Trois Chansons
Center City Brass Quintet: Anthony DiLorenzo, trumpet; Geoffrey Hardcastle, trumpet; Richard King, horn; Ko-Ichiro Yamamoto, trombone; Craig Knox, tuba
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Henry Purcell: Six Keyboard Lessons
Fabio Zanon, guitar
Americas Society, Salon Simon Bolivar, New York, NY
Osvaldo Golijov: Azul
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Michael Ward-Bergeman, hyper-accordion; Jamey Haddad, percussion; Cyro Baptista, percussion; The Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Azul
Warner Classics 559989
Hour 2
Josef Suk: Summer Impressions: At Noon
Margaret Fingerhut, piano
Suk: Piano Works
Chandos 9026
Georg Philipp Telemann: Divertimento in B flat, TWV 50, 23
Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts & Richard Stone, Directors; Emlyn Ngai, Concertmaster
Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia, PA
Joseph Suk: Elegy
Hilary Hahn, violin; Robert deMaine, cello; Natalie Zhu, piano
Skaneateles Festival, First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: Movements 2-4
Maryland Symphony Orchestra; Elizabeth Schulze, Conductor
Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Maryland Theatre, Hagerstown, MD
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