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Saint Paul Sunday for July 20, 2008
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: "Belcea String Quartet"
England's acclaimed Belcea Quartet opens its program with Benjamin Britten's first quartet, a work that allows each player to shine by giving the solo line to a different instrument for each of the four movements. The Belcea Quartet takes a correspondingly egalitarian approach to the spectrum of its own repertoire, going on to play a Haydn allegro, Italian opera music by Hugo Wolff, and a haunting movement from "Arcadiana" by young British composer Thomas Adès. To whatever it performs, the Belcea brings a luminous insight.
What would it be like to hear the Juilliard String Quartet perform in your living room? Or to invite violinist Joshua Bell over for brunch and Bach? Many people believe that chamber music is open only to connoisseurs, but each week Saint Paul Sunday's host Bill McGlaughlin (pronounced "mih-*GLOCK*-lun") disproves this all-too-common view.
He opens the studio to the world's best classical artists—musicians of every conceivable style and mix—for both performance and conversation, giving listeners intimate access to how music is created at the highest level. It's all done with a great sense of exuberance and curiosity. The series' unique approach has won it hundreds of thousands of loyal listeners.
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