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February 28, 2013
Remembering Van Cliburn
The great American pianist Van Cliburn has died. He was 78 years old. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll remember this legendary musician. We'll hear newsreel footage from his 1958 win at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. We'll hear from his friends. We'll hear from musicians he inspired. And we'll hear archival recordings of the man himself.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Franz Liszt
Consolation No. 3, S. 172
Van Cliburn, piano
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Third movement from Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23
Van Cliburn, piano, the RCA Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin, conductor
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in D, Op. 23, No. 4
Van Cliburn, piano
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Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo from a Midsummer Night's Dream
Olga Kern, piano
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
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Franz Liszt
Paganini Etude No. 2
Andre-Michel Schub, piano
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
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Claude Debussy
En Bateau, from Petite Suite
Christopher Shih, piano
Van Cliburn Amateur Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73 (Emperor)
Van Cliburn, piano, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, conductor
hour 2
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John Adams
Tromba Lontana, from Two Fanfares for Orchestra
The San Francisco Symphony, Edo De Waart, conductor
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Richard Wagner
The Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walkure
The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Severance Hall, Cleveland
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PT Young Artist-in-Residence
Coleman Itzkoff, cello
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Gyorgy Ligeti
Two movements from Sonata for Solo Cello
Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul
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Charles Ives
Two movements from Symphony No. 2
The New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
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Charles Ives
The Alcotts, from a Concord Symphony
The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
