The Art of Travel
Camille Saint-Saens hated the cold, damp, raw Paris winters. So every year, he packed his valise and headed off to another exotic locale. His Piano Concerto No. 5 came out of a winter trip to Egypt. German Max Bruch was more of a homebody. Rather than going all the way to Scotland, he lifted a handful of Scottish tunes from a library book in Munich, and wove them into his Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra. In today's show, two examples of the art of travel, in performances by pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and violinist Julia Fischer.