The venerable Vienna Philharmonic: keepers of the highest classical standards, minders of the grand Viennese tradition of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, and Mahler. We'll catch up with the Vienna Philharmonic at an outdoor concert they gave last month in their hometown, playing -- for the first time in their history -- music from the soundtrack to Star Wars, by John Williams. Plus a survey of highlights from American music festival in the spring of this year, including the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra performing Mozart's Symphony No. 35.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Antonin Dvorak: Furiant from String Sextet in A, Op. 48
Daniel Hope, violin, and friends
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
Traditional (Arranged by Jose Sibaja and J.D. Shaw): Latin American Suite
Boston Brass
Virginia Arts Festival, Newport News, Virginia
Ferruccio Busoni: Sonatina No. 6 (Carmen Fantasy)
Kirill Gerstein, piano
The Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D (Haffner)
The Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra, Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cavatina from String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 130
The St. Lawrence String Quartet
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
Kurt Weill: Excerpts from the Threepenny Opera
The Festival Chamber Players, Gemma New, conductor
Hot Springs Music Festival, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Erland von Koch: Excerpt from Miniatyrer (Thumbnails)
The MANA Saxophone Quartet
Hot Springs Music Festival, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Third movement from Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
George Frideric Handel: Presto from Sonata in B Minor, Op. 1, No. 9, HWV 367b
Erik Bosgraaf, recorder, Francesco Corti, harpsichord
Oriol Martorell Hall, Barcelona, Spain
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sinfonia in D, Wq 183, No. 1
The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor
Konzerthaus, Freiburg, Germany
Paul Moravec: Tempest Fantasy for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet, Alexis Sykes, violin, Nicholas Canellakis, cello, Steven Beck, piano
Chamber Music Sedona, Sedona, Arizona
John Williams: Princess Leia's Theme from Star Wars
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria
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