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October 11, 2011

Maurizio and Mozart at the Musikverein

A master pianist and one of the world's great orchestras rendezvous in a magnificent concert hall to play a Mozart concerto together. We'll go to Vienna to hear Maurizio Pollini play Mozart's Piano Concerto Number 12 at the Musikverein, with the Vienna Philharmonic. Plus, cellist Steven Isserlis plays a concerto by Saint-Saens with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Serenade, Op. 37
    Steven Isserlis, cello, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
  • Jean Balissat
    Rondo from Songs of Autumn, Sinfonietta for Band
    The Swiss-Italian Orchestra Wind Ensemble, Franco Cesarini, conductor
    Stelio Molo Auditorium, Lugano, Switzerland
  • Georg Philipp Telemann
    Bourree from Sonata Discordato in A Major
    REBEL Ensemble
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studios, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Pierre Gabriel Buffardin
    Concerto in E Minor for Traverso, Strings, and Basso Continuo
    REBEL Ensemble
    International Handel Festival, Gottingen, Germany
  • Camille Saint-Saens
    Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33
    Steven Isserlis, cello, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Sondergard, conductor
    St. David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009
    Steven Isserlis, cello
    St. David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales

hour 2

  • Felix Blumenfield
    Etude for the Left Hand Alone, Op. 36
    Michael Ponti, piano
  • Edward Elgar
    Third movement from the Violin Sonata in e minor, Op. 82
    Nai-Yuan Hu, violin, John Lenehan, piano
    Newport Music Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
  • Edward Elgar
    Salut D'Amore, Op. 12
    Nai-Yuan Hu, violin, John Lenehan, piano
    Newport Music Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
    Maurizio Pollini, piano and conductor, Vienna Philharmonic
    Musikverein, Grosser Saal, Vienna
  • Enrique Granados
    El mirar de la Maja (The Gaze of the Maja)
    Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano, Steven Blier, piano
    Caramoor International Music Festival, Katonah, New York
  • Enrique Granados
    Fourth movement from the Trio for violin, cello, and piano, Op. 50, H. 140
    Jennifer Frautschi, violin, Jirr Barta, cello, Daniel del Pino, piano
    Newport Music Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
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