November 10, 2008
A matter of life and death
Most people don't think of performing classical music as a life or death proposition. But pianist Jonathan Biss does. He talks about pouring blood, sweat and tears into his performances, in order to do justice to the composer and the music. Today we'll hear Biss performing Beethoven's second piano concerto with the Swedish Radio Symphony.
Today's Playlist
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 ("Pathetique")
Pianist Jonathan Biss
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Parsegh Atmacayan
"For Children"
Pianist Sahan Arzruni
Merkin Concert Hall, New York City
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Bohuslav Martinu
Scherzo and Finale from Sextet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Two Bassoons, and Piano, H. 174
Pianist Joel Fan with members of the Imani Winds
Skaneateles Music Festival, Skaneateles, New York
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Antonin Dvorak
Cavatina from Four Miniatures for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 75a
Violinists Lily Francis and Karen Gomyo and violist Choong-Jin Chang
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton, New York
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 19
Pianist Jonathan Biss with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Michael Guttler
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
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Bedrich Smetana
"A Country Woman" from "Short Orchestral Pieces"
The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Robert Stankovsky
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Jing-Ping Zhang
"Harvest Celebration"
The Shanghai Quartet
Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland, Oregon
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Timo Alakotila
"Pelimanni's Revenge"
ETHEL
Windham Chamber Music Festival, Windham, New York
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Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 5 in F, Op. 76
The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Mario Kosik
Slovak Philharmonie, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Jacob van Eyck
"The Standing Masque"
Julien Martin, recorder, with Capriccio Stravagante and conductor Skip Sempe
Musica Antica Early Music Festival, Bruges, Belgium