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July 24, 2012
A Box Full of Possibilities
The piano is essentially a percussion instrument. You press a key, a hammer hits the corresponding string, and a note is produced. But is that all there is? There must be more to playing the piano than that. Today, we'll hear from two terrific pianists, Shai Wosner and Garrick Ohlsson. Ohlsson weighs in on the difficulties of the piano, calling it "a box full of diminuendos." But with Ohlsson and Wosner in the driver's seat, we prefer to think of it as a box full of exquisite possibilities.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
Third movement from Quatrieme Concert
Trio Sonnerie
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Johannes Beausseron
Antiphon Regina Coeli (Queen of Heaven)
The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice, conductor
Utrecht Early Music Festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Manuel Ponce
Estrellita (Little Star)
Laura Oltman and Michael Newman, guitars
Grand Canyon Music Festival, Grand Canyon, Arizona
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight)
Shai Wosner, piano
Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, Oregon
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
Overture and Suite from Castor and Pollux
The Arion Baroque Orchestra, Christophe Rousset, conductor
Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec
hour 2
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Astor Piazzolla
Adagio from Suite for Oboe and String Orchestra
Andres Spiller, oboe, the Camerata Bariloche Chamber Orchestra of Argentina
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Traditional Corsican
Maria
Barbara Furtuna and L'Arpeggiata
Zankel Hall, New York City
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Astor Piazzolla
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin and leader, the New Century Chamber Orchestra
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
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George Frideric Handel
Keyboard Suite in B-flat, Vol. 2, No. 1
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Strathmore Music Center, North Bethesda, Maryland
