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June 27, 2008

Two by Wu

Pianist Wu Han joins us for a pair of musical conversations today. First, she discusses and performs the first half of Tchaikovsky's "The Seasons" in Washington, D.C. Then we'll go to Colorado's Aspen Festival, where she's joined by cellist David Finckel for the world premiere performance of Pierre Jalbert's Cello Sonata.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Frederic Chopin
    Second movement from Sonata for Piano and Cello in G Minor, Op. 65
    Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han
  • Leroy Anderson
    "The Typewriter"
    Michael Schmidt, Thorsten Blumberg and Egmond Kraus, typewriters, with the West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, and conductor Charles Prince
    Klaus von Bismarck Hall, Cologne, Germany
  • Leroy Anderson
    "Blue Tango"
    The West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, with conductor Charles Prince
    Klaus von Bismarck Hall, Cologne, Germany
  • Leroy Anderson
    "Home Stretch"
    The West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, with conductor Charles Prince
    Klaus von Bismarck Hall, Cologne, Germany
  • Peter Tchaikovsky
    "January,""February,""March,""April,""May" and "June" from "The Seasons"
    Pianist Wu Han
    National Public Radio Studios, Washington, D.C.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048
    Musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
    Alice Tully Hall, New York City

hour 2

  • The Philidor Manuscript
    "Les Suisses: Air pour les violons" and "Les Suissesses" from "Concert given to King Louis XIII in 1627"
    Les Concert des Nations with conductor Jordi Savall
  • Traditional
    "Berevesan Nikriz usules"
    Hesperion XXI
    Concert Nobel, Brussels, Belgium
  • Pierre Jalbert
    Cello Sonata
    Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • Leroy Anderson
    Piano Concerto in C
    Pianist Sheila Arnold with the West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, and conductor Charles Prince
    Klaus von Bismarck Hall, Cologne, Germany
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