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November 18, 2009
Keeping Up with Shostakovich
Pianist Jon Kimura Parker and trumpeter Mark Hughes had some intensive one-on-one meetings as they got ready to play Shostakovich's wild Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings with the Houston Symphony. They listened to an old recording with Shostakovich at the piano, and thought "there's no WAY to play it that fast!" But when the moment came...the adrenaline was flowing, and their performance had the same reckless abandon, and the same thrilling velocity as the one by the composer. We'll hear that astonishing concert performance at Jones Hall in Houston, Hans Graf conducting the Houston Symphony.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Frederic Chopin
Etude No. 3 in E
Pianist Jon Kimura Parker
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Antonin Dvorak
"Silent Woods"
Cellist Ashley Bathgate and pianist Nancy Hull
Doctorow Center for the Arts, Hunter, New York
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"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is David Engel from Norfolk, VA.
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings in C Minor, Op. 35
Pianist Jon Kimura Parker and trumpeter Mark Hughes with the Houston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Hans Graf
Jones Hall, Houston
hour 2
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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Fuga Elegiaca
The Brasil Guitar Duo
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Felix Mendelssohn
Fugue for String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 81, No. 4
Violinists Ayano Ninomiya and Jessica Lee, violist Rebecca Albers, and cellist Eric Bartlett
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton, New York
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Richard Strauss
"Also Sprach Zarathustra," Op. 30
The Halle Orchestra with conductor Mark Elder
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England
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Egberto Gismonti
"Don Quixote"
The Brasil Guitar Duo
The Virginia Arts Festival, Norfolk, Virginia
