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June 29, 2011
The $300,000 Man
Kirill Gerstein is the most recent winner of the Gilmore Artist Award, the most lucrative award for classical pianists. Handed out once every four years, it comes with a $300,000 prize. Perhaps a bit surprising for someone who started out as a jazz pianist. In today's show, Gerstein talks about how he decided to focus on classical music, and admits that he still wonders if he did the right thing in giving up jazz. Gerstein plays Rachmaninoff's First Piano Concerto in San Francisco.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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George Frideric Handel
Passacaglia from Radamisto
The Academy for Ancient Music, Berlin
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Edward Elgar
Larghetto from Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op. 20
The New Century Chamber Orchestra
Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, San Rafael, California
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Claudio Buchwald from Bloomington, Indiana
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Francois Couperin
Excerpts from the Nations
Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall, director
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite for Strings and Continuo in B-flat, TWV 55:B5 (Volker Overture)
The Academy for Ancient Music, Berlin
Stockholm Early Music Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
hour 2
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Lilacs and Daisies
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
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Leos Janacek
Fourth movement from Violin Sonata, JW VII, No. 7
Veronika Eberle, violin, Oliver Schnyder, piano
Lucerne Summer Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
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Giovanni Battista Granata
Toccata
Rolf Lislevand, Baroque guitar
Ursuline Church, Varazdin, Croatia
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Cipriano de Rore
Anchor Che Col Partire
Martin Bauer, viola bastarda, La Fenice, Jean Tubery, director
Schwetzingen Festival, Speyer, Germany
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1
Kirill Gerstein, piano, the San Francisco Symphony, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
