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October 10, 2012
Jonathan Biss
Jonathan Biss is a sensitive performer and a deep musical thinker. His favorite composer is Robert Schumann. Biss says, "There's nothing in Schumann that isn't at least bittersweet...He's the one composer who really gave voice to all of our vulnerability." Today and tomorrow, Jonathan Biss joins host Fred Child in the studio for music and conversation about this most poetic of composers.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Jean Sibelius
Valse Triste (Sad Waltz), Op. 44, No. 1
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, conductor
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Waltz No. 2 from Jazz Suite No. 2 and Waltz from the Gadfly, Op. 97
Jan Vogler, cello, the Knights, Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Le Poisson Rouge, New York City
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Two Pieces by Domenico Scarlatti, Op. 17
The Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitaenko, conductor
Philharmonie, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Finale from Symphony No.5, Op. 47
The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor
Concert Hall, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Gary Hoffman from Ketchum, Idaho
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Josef Strauss
The Dragonfly, Op. 204
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
hour 2
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Antonio Vivaldi
Excerpts from Recorder Concerto in G, Op. 10, No. 4, RV 435
Giovanni Antonini, recorder, Il Giardino Armonico
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Robert Schumann
String Quartet in F, Op. 41, No. 2
The Escher String Quartet
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York City
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Perfchat with Jonathan Biss, Part 2
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Robert Schumann
Second movement from Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Jonathan Biss, piano
NPR Studio 4A, Washington, D.C.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Strings (Sinfonia) in D, RV 123
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, conductor and harpsichord
Garrison Church, Copenhagen, Denmark
