April 12, 2010
Lang Lang plays Prokofiev
27 year-old Chinese pianist Lang Lang is on an American tour right now with an all-star youth orchestra: the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra from Germany. From their concert two weeks ago at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, Christoph Eschenbach conducts an electrifying performance of the Piano Concerto No. 3 by Prokofiev.
Today's Playlist
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Sergei Prokofiev
Folk Dance from Romeo and Juliet
The Cincinnati Symphony with conductor Paavo Jarvi
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Henry Purcell
Hornpipe from the Indian Queen
Bourbon Baroque
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Louisville, Kentucky
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Anonymous
Eagle's Dance from La Patum de Berga
La Caravaggia with conductor Lluis Coll
Sant Francesc Cloister, Berga, Spain
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Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26
Pianist Lang Lang with the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra and conductor Christoph Eschenbach
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
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Frederic Chopin
Etude in A-flat, Op. 25, No. 1 (The Aeolian Harp)
Pianist Lang Lang
Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
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Cesar Franck
Les Eolides, FWV 43
The North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Michael Sanderling
Grand Studio, Hanover, Germany
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Francis Poulenc
Intermezzi
Pianist Pascal Roge
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Fritz Kreisler
La Gitana
Violinist Leonidas Kavakos and pianist Peter Nagy
Ordway Center, St. Paul
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Mark O'Connor
Improvisation on Sally Goodwin
Violinist Mark O'Connor
Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia
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Francis Poulenc
Sinfonietta
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Christian Zacharias
Ordway Center, St. Paul
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Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco
Aria
Ensemble Zefiro with conductor Alfredo Bernardini
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Canzoni alla Francese No. 6
Accordionist Bjarke Mogensen
Voulleftiko, Nafplion, Greece
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Johann Sebastian Bach
I Call to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ
Accordionist Bjarke Mogensen
Voulleftiko, Nafplion, Greece
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia from Cantata No. 156
Violinist Liviu Prunaru with Camerata Bern and conductor Lorenza Borrani
Saanen Church, Saanen, Switzerland