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January 26, 2011
In praise of brash young men
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at age 17 was already nearly halfway through his life. Sergei Prokofiev at age 30 was also at about the halfway mark. Both were brash young men, risk-takers, convinced of their own greatness, perhaps even of their own immortality. In today's show, concertos by the 17-year-old Mozart and the 30-year-old Prokofiev, in great performances by violinist Steven Copes and pianist Yefim Bronfman.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Frank Martin
Fox Trot
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, conductor
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Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Eileen Pollock from New York City
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto No. 1 in B-flat for Violin and Orchestra, K. 207
Steven Copes, violin and conductor, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
hour 2
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Sergei Prokofiev
Fourth movement from Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 14
Yefim Bronfman, piano
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Jean Francaix
Scherzo from Octet for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, and Strings
The Escher String Quartet and musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Rose Theater, New York City
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Johannes Brahms
Scherzo in C Minor, WoO 2 (from the F-A-E Sonata)
Anna Rabinova, violin, Tatiana Goncharova, piano
Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City
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Gabriel Faure
Prelude to Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 80
The Orchestra of the Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski, conductor
Bela Bartok National Concert Hall, Budapest, Hungary
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Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26
Yefim Bronfman, piano, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Xian Zhang, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
