On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear a young quartet give a tremendously powerful and sensitive performance of music by Dvorak at this year's Aspen Music Festival.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 46, No. 3
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
Dancing for 100 Years
Analekta 3156
Claude Debussy (arr. Smith): La soiree dans Grenade from Estampes
Andrew Wygant, guitar; Catherine Thompson, guitar; Rebecca Klein, guitar; Brian King, guitar
Aspen Music Festival, Scanlan Hall, Aspen, CO
Franz Schubert: Andante in A Major, D.604; Impromptu No. 4 in F minor, D.935
Steven Osborne, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO
Antonin Dvorak: String Quartet in A-flat major, B. 193, Op. 105: 3. Lento e molte cantabile; 4. Allegro non tanto
Jupiter String Quartet
Aspen Music Festival, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
Hour 2
Hector Berlioz: Hungarian March from Damnation of Faust
Orchestra of Liege; Paul Strauss, conductor
Famous Marches
EMI 69120
Georg Philipp Telemann: Suite in C Major, TMV 55 C6, "Darmstadt": 1. Overture: Grave-Alegro-Grave; 5. Sommeille; 6. Rondeau; 8. Gigue
Aspen Festival Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor and harpsichord
Aspen Music Festival, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quartet No. 2, Op. 87 in E flat Major: 1. Allegro con fuoco
William Hagen, violin; Jossalyn Jensen, viola; Zlatomir Fung, cello; Carmen Knoll, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: 1. Reveries - Passions
Aspen Festival Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
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