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November 12, 2009

Andre Watts Finds Peace of Mind

Pianist Andre Watts talks about how he "felt like an idiot" at the beginning of his career, jetting to concerts around the world as a teenager. And how legendary pianist and teacher Leon Fleisher helped him overcome his self-doubts. We'll hear Andre Watts in concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, playing the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Camille Saint Saens.

Today's Playlist

Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.

hour 1

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Two Pantomimes from "Orpheus and Euridice"
    The San Francisco Opera Orchestra with conductor Donald Runnicles
  • Ernst von Dohnanyi
    Concert Etude No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 28
    Pianist Roberto Plano
    Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • Viktor Uzur
    "Carpathian Kolo"
    The Richter Uzur Duo
    Appalachian State University Recital Hall, Boone, North Carolina
  • Josip Stolcer Slavenski
    "A Mocking Song"
    The Sebastian String Quartet
    Vatroslav Lisinski Hall, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Tomas Luis de Victoria
    "Vadam et Circuibo"
    Stile Antico
    Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21
    The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with conductor Donald Runnicles
    City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland

hour 2

  • Edward MacDowell
    Second movement from Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 23
    Pianist Andre Watts with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andrew Litton
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Sarabande from Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013
    Flutist Tom Ottar Andreassen
    Oslo Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
  • Frederic Chopin
    Nocturne in C-sharp Minor
    Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout
    International Chopin Festival, Warsaw, Poland
  • George Frideric Handel
    Passacaglia
    Harpist Ion Ivan Roncea
    Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest, Romania
  • "New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher"
  • Quincy Porter
    Fourth movement from Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
    Violist Eliesha Nelson with the Northwest Sinfonia and conductor John McLaughlin Williams
  • Camille Saint-Saens
    Piano Concerto No. 2
    Pianist Andre Watts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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