Of all the things that give musicians anxiety dreams, the master class has to be up there at the top. Out on stage alone, not only performing for an audience, but having a master teacher there to stop you and critique everything you're doing. And yet, it's a marvelous learning experience, both for the student and for the audience. Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han give a master class on (what else?) cello and piano sonatas, at the Aspen Festival. Following that, we'll hear them perform a Beethoven cello sonata, from a concert at Aspen last month. Plus, violinist Julia Fischer gives a spectacular performance of a Bach solo violin partita in Aspen.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Frederic Chopin: Second movement from Sonata for Piano and Cello in G Minor, Op. 65
David Finckel, cello, Wu Han, piano
Gioacchino Rossini: Overture to the Italian Girl in Algiers
The Brevard Music Center Orchestra, Andres Cardenes, conductor
Brevard Music Center, Brevard, North Carolina
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69
David Finckel, cello, Wu Han, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Giovanni Kapsberger: Arpeggiata
La Fenice, Jean Tubery, director
Schwetzingen Festival, Speyer, Germany
Girolamo Frescobaldi: Partita
La Fenice, Jean Tubery, director
Schwetzingen Festival, Speyer, Germany
Hour 2
Alexander Glazunov: First movement from Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82
Julia Fischer, violin, the Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
Maurice Ravel: Noble and Sentimental Waltzes
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Nott, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin in E, BWV 1006
Julia Fischer, violin
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Jean Sibelius: Romance in C for String Orchestra, Op. 42
The Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner, conductor
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Alexander Scriabin: Romance
Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello, Noreen Polera, piano
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
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