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February 3, 2012
Risky Business
When piloting an airplane, safety has to be the number one consideration. Everything else takes a back seat. But safety isn't always the first thing on the mind of pianist (and private pilot) Alexander Melnikov. He says that, while he always has a Plan B when he's flying, that's tough to do on the concert stage. Melnikov takes some well-considered risks today, playing Schubert's "Wanderer Fantasy" in the PT studios.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
First movement from Keyboard Sonata in F-sharp Minor, Wq 52, No. 4, H. 37
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
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George Frideric Handel
Excerpts from Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar in Egypt)
Le Concert d'Astree, Emmanuelle Haim, director
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Perfchat with Alexander Melnikov
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Franz Schubert
Der Wanderer Phantasie, Op. 15 (The Wanderer Fantasy)
Alexander Melnikov, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Alexander Scriabin
Poeme, Op. 32, No. 1
Alexander Melnikov, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sinfonia in D, Wq. 183, No. 1, H. 663
The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, conductor
Konzerthaus, Berlin, Germany
hour 2
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Traditional Norwegian
Bansull fra Telemark and Bysjan, Bysjan lite ban
Ensemble 96, Kjetil Almenning, director
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Aaron Copland
Variations on a Shaker Melody
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Donald McKinney, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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Timo Alakotila
Sketches from Folkscenes
The Irish Chamber Orchestra, Pekka Kuusisto, conductor
Royal Dublin Society Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
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Anonymous
La Rossignol (the Nightingale)
Sharon Isbin and Cameron O'Connor, guitars
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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John Dowland
My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home
Sharon Isbin and Cameron O'Connor, guitars
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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Traditional (Arranged by Roy Ringwald)
Deep River
Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson, director
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Antonin Dvorak
Fourth movement from Violin Sonatina in G, Op. 100
Chistian Tetzlaff, violin, Lars Vogt, piano
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
