 |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
February 17, 2010
The Lessons of Humility
"The lessons of humility are endless." Those are the words of pianist Abdel Rahman El-Bacha. He says that when he realized the audience was there to hear the music, and not to hear him perform musical acrobatics, it helped him to conquer his stage fright. Now, he believes concerts are moments of "pure beauty to be shared." El-Bacha shares his performance of Rachmaninoff's first piano concerto with us today, along with JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
-
George Gershwin
Overture to Of Thee I Sing
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
-
Thomas Tallis
Expend, O Lord, my Plaint
Stile Antico
Musica Antica Early Music Festival, Bruges, Belgium
-
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Pavana Lacrimae
The Flanders Recorder Quartet
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
-
The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Lara Hardin from San Diego
-
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op .1
Pianist Abdel Rahman El-Bacha with the Buffalo Philharmonic and conductor JoAnn Falletta
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
hour 2
-
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No.3 in A-flat, Op. 46
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi
-
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in E-flat, BWV 998
Guitarist Jason Vieaux
92nd Street Y, New York City
-
Felix Mendelssohn
Capriccio in E Minor, Op. 81, No. 3
The Pacifica Quartet
Sanibel Music Festival, Sanibel Island, Florida
-
Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34
Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin
Wigmore Hall, London, England
-
Alberto Ginastera
Variaciones Concertantes
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Franz Welser-Most
Arsht Center, Miami
