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June 14, 2010
Pianist Jonathan Biss
Pianist Jonathan Biss says that unlike Beethoven, who seemed to be writing for the whole universe, Robert Schumann was "just trying to reach one tormented soul." Biss says it's that personal aspect of Schumann's music that draws him in. On today's show, Biss plays Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, part of our continuing celebration of Schumann's 200th birthday this month.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Claude Debussy
Clair de Lune, from Suite Bergamasque
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Third movement from Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971
Anton Zou, piano
Philharmonic Concert Hall, Berlin, Germany
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Louis-Claude Daquin
Le Coucou
Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp
Philharmonic Concert Hall, Berlin, Germany
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Isaac Albeniz
Asturias
The Twelve Cellists of the University of the Arts, Berlin
Philharmonic Concert Hall, Berlin, Germany
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Robert Schumann
Three Romances, Op. 28
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland
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Zoltan Kodaly
Dances from Galanta
The German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Shizuo Kuwahara, conductor
Castle Court, Weilburg, Germany
hour 2
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Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo from a Midsummer Night's Dream
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Bobby McFerrin, conductor
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Robert Schumann
Arabesque, Op. 18
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Ordway Center, St. Paul
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Marin Marais
L'Arabesque
Ensemble 1700, Dorothee Oberlinger, director
Herne Early Music Days, Herne, Germany
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Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
Jonathan Biss, piano, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Ruggero Allifranchini, director and violin
Saint Paul's United Church of Christ, St. Paul
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Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
