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Weekend of January 21, 2012
Felix Mendelssohn
The term child prodigy gets thrown around so often in the musical world that we sometimes forget just how remarkable youthful talent can be. Felix Mendelssohn was writing music that had emotional and spiritual and intellectual depth before he even started shaving. In today's show, Vadim Repin plays Mendelssohn's first violin concerto, the product of an unparalleled 13-year-old mind.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Two Waltzes
The Nash Ensemble
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Richard Wagner
Overture to Tannhauser
The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Royal Festival Hall, London, England
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Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Michele Johnson from Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, trumpet and leader
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
hour 2
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Alexander Borodin
Scherzo from String Quartet No. 2 in D
The Emerson String Quartet
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Antonio Lauro
Vals Venzolano No. 3
Odair Assad, guitar
Guitar Alla Grande Festival, Ottawa, Ontario
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Antonio Carlos Jobim
Wave
Odair Assad, guitar
Guitar Alla Grande Festival, Ottawa, Ontario
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Ennio Morricone
Gabriel's Oboe, from the Mission
Ryan Anthony, trumpet, Gary Beard, organ
Beaches Fine Arts Series, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Two movements from String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat, K. 589
The Emerson String Quartet
Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, New York City
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Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Minor
Vadim Repin, violin, the Britten Sinfonia, Thomas Gould, conductor
Storioni Festival, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
