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January 25, 2011

Russian Chemistry

Cellist Wendy Warner and pianist Irina Nuzova join host Fred Child in the PT studios for conversation and music. Russian music, in particular. The duo has a new CD out featuring Russian cello music. Warner and Nuzova talk about what makes these pieces so special, and about the musical chemistry they felt the first time they played together.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Frederic Chopin
    Mazurkas No. 2 in C-sharp, Op. 6, and No. 2 in C, Op. 24
    Emanuel Ax, piano
  • Pixinguinha
    One to Zero
    Marina Piccinini, flute, the Brasil Guitar Duo
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • Johann Joseph Fux
    Sonata Pastorale a Tre
    Chatham Baroque
    Synod Hall, Oakland, Pennsylvania
  • Frederic Chopin
    Three Mazurkas, Op. 30
    Yulianna Avdeeva, piano
    Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw, Poland
  • Josef Suk
    Fairy Tale, Op. 16 (Pohadka)
    The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
    Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York

hour 2

  • David Popper
    Two movements from In the Forest, Op. 50
    Wendy Warner, cello, Eileen Buck, piano
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
    The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Neville Marriner, conductor
    Opera Comique, Paris, France
  • Perfchat with Wendy Warner and Irina Nuzova
  • Alexander Scriabin
    Etude No. 11, Op. 8
    Wendy Warner, cello, Irina Nuzova, piano
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Nikolai Miaskovsky
    First movement from Sonata No. 2 in A Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 81
    Wendy Warner, cello, Irina Nuzova, piano
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Second movement from Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19
    Wendy Warner, cello, Irina Nuzova, piano
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Gazi Giray Han
    Mahur Pesrev
    Armonico Tributo and Sarband
    St. James's Church, Bruges, Belgium
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