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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



hour 1

  • Kenneth Frazelle
    "Fiddler's Galaxy"
    Violinist Joseph Swensen and pianist Jeffrey Kahane
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Leonard Bernstein
    Overture to "Candide"
    The Curtis Symphony Orchestra with conductor Christoph Eschenbach
    Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
  • 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
  • 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

hour 2

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Cello Suite No. 6 in D-Flat, BWV 1012
    Harpist Victoria Drake
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Third and fourth movements from Octet for Winds, Op. 103
    The Chicago Chamber Musicians
    Pic--Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, Illinois
  • 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
  • Georg Philipp Telemann
    "Gulliver" Suite
    Violinists Geoff Nuttall and Barry Shiffman
    Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
  • Francesco Mancini
    Sonata Sesta in D
    Rebel
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Georg Philipp Telemann
    Third movement from Sonata Discordato in A
    Rebel
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Igor Stravinsky
    "Pulcinella" Suite
    The New York Philharmonic with conductor Kurt Masur
    Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
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