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Weekend of February 20, 2010

Hilary Hahn in our Studios

Violinist Hilary Hahn joins host Fred Child to talk about her surprising new Bach project, which combines violin and voices. And Hilary Hahn teams up with pianist Orion Weiss in the studio to play a set of Romanian Dances by Bela Bartok, and Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms.

Today's Playlist



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

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Fourth movement from Sonata No. 3 in C, BWV 1005
    Violinist Hillary Hahn
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Preludes No. 12 in G-sharp Minor, Op. 32, and No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 23
    Pianist Conrad Tao
    Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • Perfchat with Hilary Hahn and Orion Weiss
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    When will you Come, my Salvation, from Cantata No. 140
    Violinist Hilary Hahn, Soprano Christine Schafer, and baritone Matthias Goerne with the Munich Chamber Orchestra and conductor Alexander Liebreich
  • Bela Bartok
    Romanian Folk Dances, BB 68
    Violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Orion Weiss
    WQXR Studios, New York City
  • Johannes Brahms
    Hungarian Dances Nos. 11, 12, and 20
    Violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Orion Weiss
    WQXR Studios, New York City
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Final Contrapunctus from The Art of the Fugue
    The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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