Last week in London, violinist Joshua Bell gave a performance of Barber's violin concerto, while on tour with the Minnesota Orchestra. The critics loved it, using phrases like "ravishing form,""rapt, confidential beauty," and "sweetly sustained lyricism." Tune in to today's show to hear Bell play the Barber concerto with the Minnesota Orchestra and conductor Osmo Vanska, from a concert last week in London.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Presto from Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G
The Marlboro Festival Orchestra with conductor Pablo Casals
Judith Weir: "Madrigal"
The BBC Singers with conductor Stephen Cleobury
BBC Maida Vale Studios, West London, England
Bob Chilcott: "Into God's Call"
The BBC Singers with conductor Stephen Cleobury
BBC Maida Vale Studios, West London, England
Felix Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings in E-flat, Op. 20
Musicians from the Marlboro Festival
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Robert Schumann: "Nachtstuck," Op. 23, No. 4
Pianist Shai Wosner
St. Margaret Lothbury, London, England
Hour 2
George Gershwin: "But Not For Me"
Violinist Joshua Bell with the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor John Wiliams
Georg Philipp Telemann: Presto from Concerto in C Minor for Flute and Recorder, TWV 52:E1
Courtney Westcott, flute, and Vicki Boeckmann, recorder, with the Seattle Baroque Orchestra and conductor Ingrid Matthews
Benaroya Hall, Seattle
Georg Philipp Telemann: "Air for Trumpet"
Stephen Burns, trumpet, with the American Concerto Orchestra
Toru Takemitsu: Excerpts from "And Then I Knew 'Twas Wind"
Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, violist Cynthia Phelps, and flutist Joshua Smith
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
Claude Debussy: Second Movement from Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, violist Cynthia Phelps, and flutist Joshua Smith
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto
Violinist Joshua Bell with the Minnesota Orchestra and conductor Osmo Vanska
Barbican Hall, London, England
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