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Festival Notes - August 6th, 2014

Today is Wednesday, August 6th.

Join Aspen Music Festival President and CEO Alan Fletcher in conversation with pianist Inon Barnatan and violinist Stefan Jackiw today at noon in Paepcke Auditorium. These High Notes programs are always free, and offer fascinating insights about the music and musicians you’re enjoying this summer.

Harris Concert Hall is the place to be at 3 today when top students showcase their talents in a free Spotlight Recital.

At 6, James Feddeck leads the Aspen Philharmonic in John Adams’s high-energy Short Ride in a Fast Machine. Stefan Jackiw joins the orchestra for Prokofiev’s challenging Second Violin Concerto, and the concert concludes with the majestic First Symphony by Brahms.

Cellist Alisa Weilerstein will give a solo recital tonight at 8:30 in Harris Concert Hall. Along with the 3rd Bach Cello Suite, she’ll play works by Benjamin Britten, Osvaldo Golijov and Zoltan Kodaly.

Classical music reporter Chris Mohr has loved classical music since he was twelve. “And I owe it all to radio,” Chris explains. “I grew up in a farm town east of Cleveland. One day I turned on the local classical radio station. They were playing Vivaldi, and it was like the gates of heaven opened up to me!" Chris is also a composer, and is working on a 53-note-to-the-octave oratorio, "Melodies of the Shoreless Sea." This is his ninth summer working for Aspen Public Radio.
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