Weekend of June 25, 2011
Great Pianists
In this weekend's show, two of the greatest pianists around: Yefim Bronfman and Emanuel Ax. Bronfman plays Shostakovich in London, and Ax (pictured) plays Mozart in Berlin. Plus, Bruce Adolphe drops by for this week's Piano Puzzler.
Today's Playlist
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Peter Tchaikovsky
June, from the Seasons, Op. 37b
Yefim Bronfman, piano
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Claudio Monteverdi
Pur ti Miro, from the Coronation of Poppea
Maxine Eilander, baroque harp, Stephen Stubbs, lute
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Reuben Manring from Columbia, Missouri
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006
Gil Shaham, violin
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, Op. 102
Yefim Bronfman, piano, the London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
Barbican Hall, London, England
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Frederic Chopin
Etude No. 12 in C Minor, Op. 10 (Revolutionary)
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Barbican Hall, London, England
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Joseph Haydn
Third movement from Symphony No. 92 in G, Hob. I:92 (Oxford)
The Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle, conductor
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Manuel de Falla
Andaluza
The Imani Winds
Temple Beth-El, San Antonio, Texas
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Traditional (Arranged by Gene Kavadlo)
Klezmer Dances: Khosidl and Freylekh
The Imani Winds
Temple Beth-El, San Antonio, Texas
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Tobias Allvin
Nigun fun Tobias
Klezmer Zahav
Odense Concert Hall, Odense, Denmark
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat, K. 482
Emanuel Ax, piano, the Berlin Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany