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February 10, 2010
Benedetti plays an Atmospheric Concerto
Violinist Nicola Benedetti defies conventional wisdom. When she was a finalist at the BBC Young Artist Competition, she didn't play an impressive, well-known warhorse. She chose the obscure and wildly atmospheric Violin Concerto No. 1 by Karol Szymanowski. She won. That led to a 1.7 million dollar major-label recording contract, and now at age 22, she's still playing that Szymanowski concerto. Nicola Benedetti with the Brabant Orchestra, in concert at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Also: Bruce Adolphe has a new Piano Puzzler, and this week's caller (from Lawton, Oklahoma) plays his piano right back at Bruce, over the phone.
Today's Playlist
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hour 1
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Andante from Symphony No. 31 D, K. 300a
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasie in D
Flutist Emmanuel Pahud
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is David Anderson from Lawton, OK.
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Karol Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35
Violinist Nicola Benedetti with the Brabant Orchestra and conductor Alan Buribayev
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
hour 2
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Jordania James
Night Song, from Evocations, Op. 75
Clarinetist Jon Manasse with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Vakhtang
Cohn
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Heitor Villa-Lobos
Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
The New Century Chamber Orchestra with violinist and music director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto, California
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Perfchat with Jon Nakamatsu and Jon Manasse
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Johannes Brahms
Two movements from Clarinet Sonata in F Minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Clarinetist Jon Manasse and pianist Jon Nakamatsu
NPR Studio 4A, Washington, D.C.
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Maurice Ravel
Piece en Forme d'un Habanera
Clarinetist Jon Manasse and pianist Jon Nakamatsu
NPR Studio 4A, Washington, D.C.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 11, RV 565
The Australian Chamber Orchestra with conductor and violinist Richard Tognetti
Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, California
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
First movement from Divertimento in F, K. 138
The Montreal Chamber Music Festival Orchestra
Montreal Chamber Music Festival, Montreal, Quebec
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Turkish March
Pianist Yuja Wang
Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California
