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June 8, 2012
Risk Nothing, Achieve Nothing
Pianist Robert Levin believes in taking risks during performances. Not for his own glorification, but to deepen the level of communication between artist and audience. And for the simple fact that, in his view, to risk nothing is to achieve nothing. In today's show, Robert Levin takes risks, improvising his own cadenzas in a Mozart piano concerto, with the Nashville Symphony. Nicholas McGegan conducts.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude from English Suite No. 5 in E Minor, BWV 810
Robert Levin, piano
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Georges Bizet
Overture to Carmen
The Unhasu Orchestra and Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
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Heinrich Ignaz.Franz von Biber
Sonata IX in B-flat for Strings and Continuo
The Masques Ensemble
Our Lady of Good Help Chapel, Montreal, Quebec
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K. 482
Robert Levin, piano, the Nashville Symphony, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville
hour 2
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Francis Poulenc
Three Miniatures
The French National Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, conductor
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John Mackey
Hymn to a Blue Hour
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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Arnold Schoenberg
Colors, from Five pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16
Ensemble Modern, George Benjamin, conductor
Ojai Music Festival, Ojai, California
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Henry Purcell
Fantasia No. 11 in G, Z. 742
The Wildcat Viols
Ojai Music Festival, Ojai, California
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Camille Saint-Saens
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33
Antonio Meneses, cello, the French National Orchestra, Daniele Gatti, conductor
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Courante from solo Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007
Antonio Meneses, cello
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
