Every summer, an amazing musical gathering takes place in Vermont. Christopher Serkin, board member of Marlboro Music, sums it up this way. He says, "It's like summer camp, but for geniuses." Serkin's grandfather, pianist Rudolf Serkin, founded Marlboro in 1951. Every summer since then, young professionals and seasoned music veterans have gathered for seven weeks of glorious music-making. Today we'll have highlights from Marlboro, including a string quintet by Felix Mendelssohn.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Edvard Grieg: Summer Evening and Remembrances, from Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Op. 71
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Silvana, J. 87
The RTE National Symphony Orchestra, John Finucane, conductor
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
Antonin Dvorak: Silent Woods, from Ze Sumavy (From the Bohemian Forest), Op. 68, B.133
William Wolfram and Andrew Armstrong, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society Winter Festival, Seattle
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in E Minor for Flute, Violin, Strings, and Basso Continuo, TWV 52:e3
REBEL
International Handel Festival, Gottingen, Germany
George Frideric Handel: Bourree from Water Music Suite in D , HWV 349
REBEL
International Handel Festival, Gottingen, Germany
Edvard Grieg: Til Varen (To Spring), Op. 43, No. 6
Juho Pohjonen, piano
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Damian Iorio, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Hour 2
Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Octet in E-flat, Op. 20
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Joseph Haydn: Two movements from Aus des Ramlers Lyrischer Blumenlese, Hob. XXVb/c
Sarah Shafer, soprano, Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano, Karim Sulayman, tenor, John Moore, baritone, Richard Goode, piano
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
Vasen (Arranged by the Punch Brothers): Flippen (The Flip)
The Punch Brothers
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 87
Ying Fu and Lucy Chapman, violins, Mary Sang-hyun Yong and Kyle Armbrust, violas, Bronwyn Banerdt, cello
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
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