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July 13, 2011
A Mother's Love
The slow movement of Chopin's Second Piano Concerto is a passionate declaration of love by the smitten 19-year-old Chopin. Lang Lang was 12 when he first performed it. And what does a 12-year-old know about romance? Struggling to capture those emotions, so foreign to him, he asked his dad what to do. His advice: just think about the love you feel for your mom. The grown-up Lang Lang plays Chopin, in concert at the Concertgebouw.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Toccata Marziale
The Eastman Wind Ensemble, Donald Hunsberger, conductor
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Frederic Chopin
Etudes No. 19 in C-sharp Minor and No. 24 in C Minor, Op. 25
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Tchaikovsky Competition 2011, Moscow, Russia
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Leslie from San Diego
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Gustav Holst
Egdon Heath, Op. 47
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill, conductor
Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames, England
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill, conductor
Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames, England
hour 2
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Frederic Chopin
Scherzo from Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 65
David Finckel, cello, Wu Han, piano
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Fazil Say and Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Piece in A Minor, WoO 59 (Adaptation of Beethoven's Fur Elise)
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin, Fazil Say, piano
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
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Kurt Weill
Lost in the Stars
Chanticleer
Beaches Fine Arts Series, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
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Georges Bizet
Toreador Song, from Carmen
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
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Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21
Lang Lang, piano, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Daniel Harding, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
