March 24, 2008
These pieces are hard on the hands
Pianist Stephen Kovacevich will describe the pain involved in Beethoven's First Piano Concerto before playing it with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. And Boris Berezovsky tackles two of Leopold Godowsky's extremely demanding Chopin transcriptions in Suffolk, England.
Today's Playlist
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Kenneth Frazelle
"Fiddler's Galaxy"
Violinist Joseph Swensen and pianist Jeffrey Kahane
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Leonard Bernstein
Overture to "Candide"
The Curtis Symphony Orchestra with conductor Christoph Eschenbach
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15
Pianist Stephen Kovacevich with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and conductor Joseph Swensen
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul
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Frederic Chopin
Transcription of Op. 10, No. 5, and Op. 25, no. 9, combined in G-flat ("Badinage"), and transcription of Op. 10, No. 11 and Op. 25, No. 3, combined in F
Pianist Boris Berezovsky
Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 6 in D-Flat, BWV 1012
Harpist Victoria Drake
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Third and fourth movements from Octet for Winds, Op. 103
The Chicago Chamber Musicians
Pic--Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, Illinois
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Pablo Casals
"Song of the Birds" for Cello and Organ
Cellist Desmond Hoebig and organist Gregory D'Agostino
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, Eastsound, Washington
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Georg Philipp Telemann
"Gulliver" Suite
Violinists Geoff Nuttall and Barry Shiffman
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
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Francesco Mancini
Sonata Sesta in D
Rebel
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Third movement from Sonata Discordato in A
Rebel
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Igor Stravinsky
"Pulcinella" Suite
The New York Philharmonic with conductor Kurt Masur
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City