Weekend of April 3, 2010

Music and conversation with Murray Perahia

Pianist Murray Perahia's playing has been described using words like "flawless" and "transcendent." In today's show, Perahia joins host Fred Child for an in-studio conversation about Bach and Chopin. He shares his thoughts on Bach's music ("full of emotions, but not Romantic"), and the ways that Bach influenced Chopin. He'll play part of a Bach partita and two Chopin works.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D, K. 29
Pianist Murray Perahia
Stephen Katz
Exodus
Cellist Stephen Katz
New Directions Cello Festival, Ithaca, New York
Perfchat with Murray Perahia
Johann Sebastian Bach
Excerpts from Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830
Pianist Murray Perahia
NPR Studio 4A, Washington, D.C.
Frederic Chopin
Etude in A-flat, Op. 25, No. 1 (Aeolian Harp) and Mazurka in A-flat, Op. 59, No. 2
Pianist Murray Perahia
NPR Studio 4A, Washington, D.C.
Gyorgy Ligeti
Concerto Romanesc
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Antonio Pappano
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

hour 2

Jean Sibelius
March from Karelia Suite, Op. 11
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with conductor Lorin Maazel
Ernest Bloch
Prayer
Cellist Daniel Muller-Schott with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Kazushi Ono
Philharmonie, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with conductor Manfred Honeck
Beethoven Hall, Bonn, Germany
Josip Stolcer Slavenski
A Mocking Song
The Sebastian String Quartet
Vatroslav Lisinski Hall, Zagreb, Croatia
Georg Philipp Telemann
Canarie, TWV 55
Ensemble Zefiro with conductor Alfredo Bernardini
St. Genis Church, Torroella de Montgri, Spain

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