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The tie that binds - Schubert on Mozart

At the age of 19, Franz Schubert wrote the following in his diary: "O Mozart! Immortal Mozart! You have impressed upon our souls countless impressions of a brighter, better life!" On Tuesday's Performance Today, hear some of these impressions reflected in Schubert's Symphony No. 5, performed at the Windham (NY) Chamber Music Festival.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Egberto Gismonti: Baiao Malandro
Sergio & Odair Assad, guitars
Alma Brasileira
Nonesuch 79179

Daniel Godfrey: Luna Rugosa for Flute, Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
Marya Martin, flute; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Peter Stumpf, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY

Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat Major D. 485
Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra; Robert Manno, conductor
Windham Chamber Music Festival, Windham Civic Centre Concert Hall, Windham, NY

Astor Piazzolla: Bandoneon
Sergio & Odair Assad, guitars
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Hour 2

Louis Spohr: Double Quartet No. 1 in D minor: Movement 2
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Spohr: Double Quartets
Hyperion 22014

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 35 in A Major, K. 526: Movements 2‑3
Alexi Kenney, violin; Renana Gutman, piano
PT Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN

Bruce Broughton: Fanfares, Marches, Hymns, and Finale
Grand Teton Brass Players; Michael Mulcahy, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY

Louis Spohr: 'Fantasia and Variations' on a Theme by Danzi for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 81
Todd Palmer, clarinet; Livia Sohn, violin; Geoff Nuttall, violins; Benjamin Beilman, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Anthony Manzo, double-bass; Todd Palmer, clarinet; Geoff Nuttall, conductor
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC

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