Geoff Nuttall and his Spoleto Chamber Music mates go Baroque with a performance of one of the most unappreciated musical gifts in history, played by a group Nuttall calls the “Spoleto Festival USA Baroque All-Stars." Also on this edition of Carolina Classics comes Rossini's William Tell Overture, and Dvorak's Serenade in D minor for winds.

This edition of Carolina Classics brings you a piano quartet from Mozart, Bach's Suite for solo cello, a sonata for violin and piano by Enescu, and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3.

It’s the final concert of the 2010 Spoleto Chamber Music Series, and Geoff Nuttall has a surprise in store - instead of Schubert for five, he’s got Mendelssohn for Eight – the effervescent Octet for Strings. Before we get to eight, we’ve got a two-by-four: Bach’s Second Orchestral Suite, that is, as well as Four-handed Brahms Hungarian Dances.

From WDAV Classical Public Radio, and South Carolina ETV Radio, welcome to Carolina Classics…featuring another complete Chamber Music concert from the Spoleto Festival USA. You'll hear pieces from Biber, Haydn, Schubert, Rachmaninoff, and Stravinsky.

Spoleto Chamber Music Concert VII: This concert from the 2010 Chamber Music Series at the Dock Street Theatre features a souvenir of the Secret Life of Franz Joseph Haydn, whom Director of Chamber Music Geoff Nuttall suggests was a rock star – with the lifestyle that suggests – during his years in London. We’ll also hear composer-in-residence Jonathan Berger introduce his re-created Brahms, from old Edison piano rolls, and the Spoleto debut of pianist Inon Barnatan, the 2009 Avery Fisher Prize winner.

 

The excitement is palpable on the first day of the much anticipated Spoleto Festival 2010 where you'll hear some of the best musicians and experience the glory of internationally renown conductors that the modern day classical world has to offer.  You'll also hear interviews from choir master Rob Taylor, newspaper critic Adam Parker, and historical insights concerning the majestic city of Charleston, SC.