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October 19, 2011
Conquering (and Caressing) the Ivories
If pianos could feel fear, they'd probably all turn tail and scamper offstage when they know Franz Liszt's music is coming. In today's show, two unsuspecting instruments get a workout. Olga Kern gives a ferocious, keyboard-busting performance of his Totentanz, or Dance of Death, with the Nashville Symphony. And Roberto Plano joins Fred Child in the studio to play Lizst's expressive Transcendental Etude No. 11.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Attack March
The Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, Ondrej Lenard, conductor
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Aaron Copland
Suite from Billy the Kid
The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestants are Bill Wise and Toni Kazic from Columbia, Missouri
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Franz Liszt
Totentanz (Dance of Death), S. 126, R. 457
Olga Kern, piano, the Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville
hour 2
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Jean Sibelius
First movement from Suite in E for Violin and Piano
Pekka Kuusisto, violin, Raija Kerppo, piano
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Freddie Mercury
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Richter Uzur Duo
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, Alamogordo, New Mexico
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Perfchat with Roberto Plano
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Franz Liszt
Transcendental Etude No. 11, (Evening Harmonies)
Roberto Plano, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Jean Sibelius
Finlandia, Op. 26, No. 7
The Nashville Symphony, Mario Venzago, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville
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Jean Sibelius
Lemminkainen's Return, from Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22, No. 4
The Nashville Symphony, Mario Venzago, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville
