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Weekend of June 14, 2008

The ever adaptable franz liszt

Liszt could take the music of just about any composer and create a transcription for piano that sounded like the composer, yet was uniquely Liszt. Pianist Yundi Li offers Liszt's version of Verdi from Baden-Baden, Germany. Then another pianist, Jorge Luis Prats, plays a Liszt transcription of Bach at the Miami International Piano Festival. And Angele Dubeau and La Pieta play a Brahms-Liszt combination in Athens, Georgia.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Franz Liszt
    "Liebestraum" No. 3
    Pianist Evgeny Kissin
  • Carl Maria von Weber
    Overture to "Der Freischutz"
    The Dresden Philharmonic with conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
    Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Giuseppe Verdi and Franz Liszt
    Concert Paraphrase after Verdi's Opera, "Rigoletto," S. 434
    Pianist Yundi Li
    Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany
  • Johann Sebastian Bach and Franz Liszt
    Organ Prelude and Fugue in A Minor
    Pianist Jorge Luis Prats
    Miami International Piano Festival, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • Johannes Brahms and Franz Liszt
    "Hongroiseries"
    Violinist Angele Dubeau and La Pieta
    Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
  • Leonard Bernstein
    Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
    Clarinetist David Shifrin and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott
    The New York Society for Ethical Culture, New York City

hour 2

  • Andrew Blackhall
    "Adeu O desie of delyt"
    Soprano Custer LaRue with the Baltimore Consort
  • Jacob Van Eyck
    "A Little Scottish Song"
    Marion Verbruggen, recorder
    National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
  • James Oswald
    "Oh, Mother, What Shall I Do?" from "Sonata of Scots Tunes"
    Chatham Baroque
    Synod Hall, Oakland, Pennsylvania
  • Nicola Matteis
    "Ground After the Scotch Humour"
    Chatham Baroque
    Synod Hall, Oakland, Pennsylvania
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Six Ecossaises, WoO 83
    Pianist Alfred Brendel
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    Symphony No. 3, Op. 56 ("Scottish")
    The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Sir Neville Marriner
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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