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March 7, 2013

When he was growing up in Vienna, nobody in Rudolf Buchbinder's house played music. But for some reason, the family had a piano. It was more of a furniture piece, he says, until he started to imitate music he had heard on the radio on the piano. Very quickly, he became the youngest student ever accepted at the Vienna Conservatory. Buchbinder has grown up to have a tremendous career as a pianist. We'll hear him on the radio, playing Beethoven, on Thursday's Performance Today.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Franz Joseph Haydn
    Symphony in C Major, Hob. I.: 48 "Maria Theresia" - IV. Finale: Allegro
    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
    Semperoper, Dresden, Germany
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau
    Dardanus - Act IV, Scene 1: La Descente de Venus, ritournelle; Prologue, Scene 2: Tambourins
    Le Concert d'Astree; Emmanuelle Haim, conductor
    Theatre des Champs Elysees, Paris
  • Franz Joseph Haydn
    Symphony No. 88 in G Major, Hob. I:88
    New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
    Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NYC

hour 2

  • Edward Elgar
    Nursery Suite - 1. Aubade
    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Paul Goodwin, conductor
    Ordway Center for Performing Arts, St. Paul, MN
  • Johann Strauss (arr. Schoenberg)
    Kaiserwalzer, op. 437
    Carol Wincenc, flute; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano; Ian Swensen, violin; Erin Keefe, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Dane Johansen, cello
    The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, CA
  • Radiohead
    Motion Picture Soundtrack
    sybarite5
    Holley Hall, Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, Sarasota, FL
  • Arcangelo Corelli
    Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 2
    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Paul Goodwin, conductor
    Ordway Center for Performing Arts, Saint Paul, MN
  • Michael Tippett
    Fantasia concertanta on a Theme of Corelli for Strings
    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Paul Goodwin, conductor
    Ordway Center for Performing Arts, Saint Paul, MN
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