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August 2, 2011
Finger-Twisting Schumann
Robert Schumann had a budding career as a concert pianist, until he injured his right hand from too much practicing. In today's show, the piece that might have been Schumann's undoing, his Toccata in C Major. Most pianists shy away from it because of its difficulty. Host Fred Child demonstrates what makes this piece so arduous, and we'll hear a performance by Evgeny Kissin from Verbier, Switzerland.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Leos Janacek
Excerpts from Glagolitic Mass
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik, conductor
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Robert Schumann
Toccata in C for Piano, Op. 7
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Verbier Festival and Academy, Verbier, Switzerland
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Henry Purcell
Excerpts from Abdelazar Suite (The Moor's Revenge), Z. 570
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
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Leos Janacek
Sinfonietta
The Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
hour 2
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Maurice Ravel
La Vallee des Cloches (Valley of the Bells)
Nathaniel Rosen, cello, Doris Stevenson, piano
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Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dances in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 2
Leon Fleisher and Katherine Jacobson Fleisher, piano
Minnesota Beethoven Festival, Winona, Minnesota
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Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, S. 124
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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Claude Debussy
Pan's Flute, from Chansons de Bilitis
Renee Fleming, soprano, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
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Maurice Ravel
Blues, from Violin Sonata in G
Nicola Benedetti, violin, Katya Apekisheva, piano
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
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Maurice Ravel
Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and String Quartet
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Musicians
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
