The 10th annual Music Festival of the Americas gets underway tonight in
Stowe at the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center. This morning we’ll talk
with conductor Alondra de la Parra about her work with the Festival,
its young artists, and her own early training with conductor Kurt Masur.
Music Festival Of The Americas
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Playlist:
8:08 am
- Overture "In the Italian Style" , D 591
- Composer: Franz Schubert
- Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
- Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
- CD/Album: "Schubert: Symphony No. 9, etc."
- Record co./Cat #: London 436598
8:16 am
- Piano Sonata in G, Op. 79 #25
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Soloists: Maurizio Pollini, piano
- CD/Album: "Beethoven: Klaviersonaten - Maurizio Pollini - 'Der Sturm - Waldstein - Les Adieux"
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 427642
8:26 am
- English Folk Song Suite
- Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Adrian Boult
- CD/Album: "Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, etc."
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 47218
8:36 am
- Concerto in Eb for 2 Clarinets , Op. 35
- Composer: Franz Krommer
- Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
- Soloists: Thomas Friedli, clarinet
- Conductor: Anthony Pay, conductor and clarinet soloist
- CD/Album: "Krommer: Klarinettenkonzerte"
- Record co./Cat #: Claves 50-8602
9:02 am
- Images for Orchestra: #1 - Gigues
- Composer: Claude Debussy
- Ensemble: Saint Cecilia Orchestra
- Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
- CD/Album: "Debussy: La Mer - Images - Prelude"
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 429728
9:11 am
- Bachianas Brasileiras #5: Aria (Cantilena) & Dansa (Martelo)
- Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Soloists: Barbara Hendricks, soprano
- Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
- CD/Album: "Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 5, 1 & 7"
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 47433
9:27 am
- Danzon #2
- Composer: Arturo Marquez
- Ensemble: Philharmonic Orchestra of Americas
- Conductor: Alondra de la Parra
- CD/Album: "Alondra de la Parra - Mi Alma Mexicana"
- Record co./Cat #: Sony 75555
9:38 am
- Violin Sonata
- Composer: Antonin Dvorak
- Soloists: Gil Shaham, violin ; Orli Shaham, piano
- CD/Album: "Dvorak for Two: Works for Violin and Piano"
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 449820