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July 27, 2009
Pollini's Beethoven 2 in Vienna
Pianist Maurizio Pollini is old-school: when he plays, he makes no facial expressions, he doesn't gyrate or moan or gesticulate. One critic wrote "there are morticians who go about their duties more chirpily than Pollini on the concert platform." You may not be able to *see* Pollini's engagement with the music, but you can *hear* it in every note he plays. We'll hear Maurizio Pollini in concert with the Vienna Philharmonic, playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Frederic Chopin
Nocturne in A-flat, Opus 32, No. 2
Maurizio Pollini, piano
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Felix Mendelssohn
(arr. Franz Liszt): Variations on Wedding March
Arcadi Volodos, piano
Carnegie Hall
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Fragments in Ab Major, Op. Post
Arcadi Volodos, piano
Carnegie Hall
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Edward Elgar
La Capricieuse
Nai-Yuan Hu, violin; Alain Jacquon, piano
Rosecliff, Newport RI
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Henryk Wieniawski
Capriccio-Valse
Nai-Yuan Hu, violin; Alain Jacquon, piano
Rosecliff, Newport RI
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, Op. 19
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, cond.; Maurizio Pollini, piano
hour 2
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Wagner
Tannhauser: Entry of the Guests (arr. Arthur Frackenpohl)
Canadian Brass; members of the Berlin Philharmonic; members of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
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King Henry VIII
Pasttime with good companye
The Cardinall's Musick; Andrew Carwood, director
BBC Proms, Cadogan Hall, London
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Anton Bruckner
Psalm No. 150
Ailish Tynan, soprano; BBC Symphony Orchestra; BBC Symphony Chorus; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London
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Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals
Lio Kuok-wai, piano; Lio Kuok-man, piano; Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart, conductor
Sha Tin Town Hall, Hong Kong
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Daniel Schnyder
Zoom In, for Saxophone and String Quartet: IV. The Island, V. Chorus
Daniel Schnyder, saxophone; Carmina String Quartet; Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York
Kosciuszko Foundation, New York, NY
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Francis Poulenc
Toccata, from Trois Pieces
Sarah Rushing, piano
