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Weekend of February 2, 2013
The Hardest-Working Man in Show Biz
There are workaholics, and then there's Valery Gergiev. Gergiev maintains an almost break-neck pace of conducting engagements all over the world, rarely taking a day off. One interviewer recently asked him why he works so hard. Gergiev replied, "At some point, I think, it's difficult to stop." In today's show, the man who doesn't know the meaning of down time leads the London Symphony in Brahms' Haydn Variations, from a concert last month in London.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov
Intermezzo No. 2 in G, for Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi, conductor
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Johann Strauss, Jr.
Auf der Jagd (On the Hunt), Polka, Op. 373
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, conductor
Fernand Lindsay Amphitheatre, Joliette, Quebec
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Gustav Mahler
Piano Quartet in A Minor
Lily Maisky, piano, Sasha Maisky, violin, Lyda Chen, viola, Mischa Maisky, cello
Martha Argerich Project, Lugano, Switzerland
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Dan Larkin from Windsor, California
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Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
The London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
Barbican Hall, London, England
hour 2
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Jean Sibelius
Humoresque, Op. 89, No. 1
Joseph Swensen, violin, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
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Leonard Bernstein
Mambo, from West Side Story
The Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Pierre Jalbert
Elegy for String Orchestra
The Eastern Music Festival Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Eastern Music Festival, Greensboro, North Carolina
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PT Young Artist-in-Residence
Jordan Dodson, guitar
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Mauro Giuliani
Grand Duo Concertante in A, Op. 85
Jordan Dodson, guitar, Nadir Khashimov, violin
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in B Minor for Four Violins, Cello, and Strings, RV 580, from L'estro Armonico
The Baroque Ensemble of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kallio Church, Helsinki, Finland
