May 7, 2012
Great Pianists in Concert
Pianist Mitsuko Uchida joins PT host Fred Child to talk about Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24. She says "It is very dark, incredibly tragic," but the lilt in her voice conveys the beauty of that darkness. We'll hear her, in concert with the Cleveland Orchestra. Plus, concert performances by pianists Lang Lang and Yefim Bronfman in Vienna.
Today's Playlist
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Robert Schumann (arr. Mahler)
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenish" III. Nicht Schnell
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, conductor
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Ysaye Barnwell
No Mirrors in My Nana's House
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Ordway Center, St. Paul
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Aaron Copland
Simple Gifts from American Songs
Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Joann Falletta, conductor; Robert Shoup, chorusmaster
Ferguson Center for the Arts, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia
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Giovanni Battista Sammartini
Symphony in D Major, JC 14
Milano Classica, Marcello Scandelli, director and first cello
First Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia
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Max Bruch
Romance in F Major for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 85
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor; Janine Jansen, viola
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Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor; Janine Jansen, violin
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Claude Debussy
12 Etudes for Piano, Etude No. 5, "Pour les Octaves", Etude No. 6, "Pour huit doigts"
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
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Frederic Chopin
Etude No. 13 in A-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1, "Harp Study"
Lang Lang, piano
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
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Franz Liszt
Etude No. 2 in E Major, from Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S. 141
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Summer Night Concert, Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in c minor, K. 491
Mitsuko Uchida, piano and conductor, Cleveland Orchestra
Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
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Salamone Rossi
Sonata No. 4 sopra l'aria dei Ruggiero
Arnaud Sussmann, Erin Keefe, violins, Laurence Lesser, cello, Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord
Music@Menlo, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, California