On this last day of 2010, we'll take a look back at some of the big stories of the past year. We said goodbye to some important names in the classical music world. Paid visits to some great summer music festivals and met some of the stars of tomorrow there. And observed several big composer anniversaries. Join us as we look back on a great year.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Waxman: Auld Lang Syne Variations for String Trio and Piano
Marta Sudraba, cello, Ula Ulijona, viola, Gidon Kremer, violin, Louis Lortie, piano
Hans Christian Lumbye: Champagne Galop
The Vienna Philharmonic, Georges Pretre, conductor
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
Henryk Gorecki: Second movement from Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)
Christine Brewer, soprano, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles, conductor
Frederic Chopin: Mazurka in C-sharp Minor Op. 50, No. 3
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Chopin's childhood home, Zelazowa Wola, Poland
Franz Schubert: Fourth movement from Piano Trio in E-flat, Op. 100, D. 929
Mitsuko Uchida, piano, Soovin Kim, violin, David Soyer, cello
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 101
Richard Goode, piano, Benjamin Beilman, violin, Peter Myers, cello
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
Traditional Scottish: Auld Lang Syne
Jean Redpath, singer
Hour 2
Fanny Mendelssohn: December, from the Year
Sarah Rothenberg, piano
Robert Schumann: Of Foreign Lands and Peoples, from Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15
Martha Argerich, piano
Semperoper, Dresden, Germany
Ricardo Castro: Intermezzo de Atzimba
The Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, Alondra De La Parra, conductor
Vincenzo Bellini: Casta Diva, from Norma
Joan Sutherland, soprano, the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Bonynge, conductor
Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Gil Shaham, violin, the New York Philharmonic, David Robertson, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
Gustav Mahler: Blumine (Bouquet of Flowers)
The New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
Johann Strauss, Jr.: Champagne Polka, Op. 211
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, conductor
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
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