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July 24, 2008

Murray perahia plays Bach

Our week of performances by outstanding pianists continues with one of the masters. A thumb injury kept Murray Perahia from performing for several years, but now he's back on the concert stage. And he says that the music of Bach served as his therapy. Find out why critics are raving about his latest collection of Bach partitas when he plays one in Bethesda, Maryland.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Frederic Chopin
    Etudes No. 3 in F and No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 25
    Pianist Murray Perahia
  • Nicolas Vallet
    Courante, Ballet and "Carillon de village"
    Lutenist Nigel North
    Sundin Music Hall, St. Paul
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Partita No. 4 in D, BWV 828
    Pianist Murray Perahia
    The Music Center at Strathmore, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Richard Wagner
    "Siegfried's Rhine Journey" from "Gotterdammerung"
    The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons
    Lucerne Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland

hour 2

  • Joseph Haydn
    "Sie steigt herauf die Sonne" from "The Seasons"
    Soprano Arleen Auger, tenor John Aler and baritone Hakan Hagegard with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and conductor Joel Revzen
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Gigue from French Suite No. 5, BWV 816
    Pianist Simone Dinnerstein
    The Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
  • Jean Sibelius
    First and second movements from String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 56 ("Intimate Voices")
    Brooklyn Rider
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul
  • Erik Hokkanen
    "Finnish Gypsies"
    Brooklyn Rider
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul
  • Joseph Haydn
    Symphony No. 104 in D ("London")
    The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Douglas Boyd
    The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul
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