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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.

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hour 1

  • Sergei Prokofiev
    Folk Dance from Romeo and Juliet
    The Cincinnati Symphony with conductor Paavo Jarvi
  • Henry Purcell
    Hornpipe from the Indian Queen
    Bourbon Baroque
    St. Joseph Catholic Church, Louisville, Kentucky
  • Anonymous
    Eagle's Dance from La Patum de Berga
    La Caravaggia with conductor Lluis Coll
    Sant Francesc Cloister, Berga, Spain
  • 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
  • Frederic Chopin
    Etude in A-flat, Op. 25, No. 1 (The Aeolian Harp)
    Pianist Lang Lang
    Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
  • Cesar Franck
    Les Eolides, FWV 43
    The North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Michael Sanderling
    Grand Studio, Hanover, Germany

hour 2

  • Francis Poulenc
    Intermezzi
    Pianist Pascal Roge
  • Fritz Kreisler
    La Gitana
    Violinist Leonidas Kavakos and pianist Peter Nagy
    Ordway Center, St. Paul
  • Mark O'Connor
    Improvisation on Sally Goodwin
    Violinist Mark O'Connor
    Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia
  • Francis Poulenc
    Sinfonietta
    The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Christian Zacharias
    Ordway Center, St. Paul
  • Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco
    Aria
    Ensemble Zefiro with conductor Alfredo Bernardini
    Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
  • Girolamo Frescobaldi
    Canzoni alla Francese No. 6
    Accordionist Bjarke Mogensen
    Voulleftiko, Nafplion, Greece
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    I Call to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ
    Accordionist Bjarke Mogensen
    Voulleftiko, Nafplion, Greece
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Sinfonia from Cantata No. 156
    Violinist Liviu Prunaru with Camerata Bern and conductor Lorenza Borrani
    Saanen Church, Saanen, Switzerland
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