March 22, 2012
Music City
In today's show, a performance from Music City - Nashville, Tennessee. Pianist Kirill Gerstein plays a Rachmaninoff concerto with the Nashville Symphony. And the story of trombonist Jeremy Wilson, who's resigning his chair in the Vienna Philharmonic to return to his roots in Tennessee. He'll teach at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. We'll hear the Vienna Philharmonic in Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony.
Today's Playlist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Lilacs, Op. 21, No. 5
Alessio Bax, piano
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Modest Mussorgsky
Hopak, from Sorochintsy Fair
Alessio Bax, piano
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to the Magic Flute, K. 620
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ivan Fischer, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Concerto for Piano No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Kirill Gerstein, piano, the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville
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Alessandro Scarlatti
Overture to Giardino di Rose
John Wallace and John Miller, trumpets, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Simon Wright, conductor
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Enrique Granados
Spanish Dance No. 5
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Three movements from Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55 (Eroica)
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann, conductor
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
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Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, K. 27, L. 449, P. 83
Christian Zacharias, piano
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland