The music festival season has started, and we're covering one of the most interesting programs of the summer - the Aspen Music Festival and School's opening concert. The Aspen Chamber Symphony will perform four pieces by four of classical music's most important composers, and in this episode we'll trace the legacy of their influence. 

PROGRAM

Strauss - from Tanzsuite nach Klavierstücken von François Couperin, TrV 245 (Dance Suite after Couperin)

Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216

Intermission

Stravinsky - Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa (ad CD annum)

Beethoven - Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93

Ludovic Morlot and the Aspen Chamber Symphony, joined by Simone Porter as soloist, will perform this program on June 30th at the Benedict Music Tent in Aspen, CO. Learn more at the Aspen Music Festival and School's website.

A fairy-tale ballet score and one of the 20th century's most otherworldly soundscapes - this week, we step into a different reality. 

PROGRAM

Lutoslawski - Concerto for Orchestra

Mozart - Symphony No. 41

Stravinsky - Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)

The Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic will perform this program on May 5 at 8:00 pm at Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh, PA.