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February 8, 2012
Ax Plays Mozart, Hough Plays Rachmaninoff
Two of the greatest pianists of our time perform in today's show. Emmanuel Ax plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22 at the Mozart Week Festival in Salzburg, Austria. And Stephen Hough (pictured) plays Rachmaninoff's First Piano Concerto in Birmingham, England. It may be Rachmaninoff's least popular concerto, but don't call it a forgotten Cinderella piece. Hough says that, for him, it's his Prince Charming concerto.
NOTE: Through our agreement with the Mozart Week Festival, Hour 1 of today's show is not available for web audio streaming. To listen to the Piano Puzzler, click here.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Leos Janacek
Two movements from Glagolitic Mass
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik, conductor
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Anonymous
A New Hornpipe
Solamente Naturali, Milos Valent, violin and leader
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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Mark O'Connor
Appalachia Waltz
Kevin Kumar, violin, Maia Jasper, violin
Salastina Music Society, Los Angeles
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is George Sakakini from Beaufort, South Carolina
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Ignaz Holzbauer
Anna's Recitative and Aria, from Gunther von Schwarzburg
Mojca Erdmann, soprano, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, David Afkham, conductor
Mozart Week, Salzburg, Austria
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Two movements from Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K. 482
Emanuel Ax, piano, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Mozart Week, Salzburg, Austria
hour 2
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Johannes Brahms
Scherzo from Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5
Stephen Hough, piano
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Vasen (Arranged by the Punch Brothers)
Flippen (the Flip)
The Punch Brothers
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Henry Purcell
Chacony for Strings and Fairest Isle, from King Arthur, Z. 628
Andreas Scholl, countertenor, Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari, leader
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1
Stephen Hough, piano, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, conductor
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England
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Richard Strauss
Traumerei
Stephen Hough, piano
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England
