Mitsuko Uchida's phrasing at the piano is lilting and expressive. Her speaking voice can take on similar musical qualities -- swooping melodies, delicate pauses, sudden passionate crescendos, bursts of evocative laughter. Uchida is one of two Artistic Directors at Marlboro Music in Vermont, along with fellow pianist Richard Goode. They'll reflect on the essence of Marlboro, and how their experiences there have changed them. And cellist Peter Wiley takes us inside his rehearsal process this summer at Marlboro, deconstructing and rebuilding the Brahms C-Major Piano Trio. We'll hear the results from a concert three weeks ago, and a pair of chamber pieces for winds by Beethoven and Strauss, all from Marlboro Music in Vermont.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Igor Stravinsky: First Tableau: Prologue, from Apollo
The Moscow Soloists, Yuri Bashmet, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Second movement from Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F Minor
Maria Joao Pires, piano, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ivan Fischer, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Johannes Brahms: Trio in C, Op. 87
Matan Porat, piano, Ying Fu, violin, Peter Wiley, cello
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
Igor Stravinsky: Excerpt from Petrushka
Yuja Wang, piano
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
Peter Tchaikovsky: Third movement from Symphony No. 6 in B Minor (Pathetique)
The BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Hour 2
Dmitri Shostakovich: Polka from the Golden Age, Op. 22
The Radio France Philharmonic, Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dance from Prince Igor
The Radio France Philharmonic, Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Thomas Larcher: Excerpt from Madhares (String Quartet No. 3)
The Diotima Quartet
Tarik O'Regan: Threshold of the Night
Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven: Second movement from Symphony No. 8
The German Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Ludwig van Beethoven: Woodwind Sextet in E-flat, Op. 71
Musicians from the Marlboro Music Festival
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
Richard Strauss: Serenade in E-flat, Op. 7
Musicians from the Marlboro Music Festival
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
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