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August 3, 2012
Overcoming Adversity
The most compelling stories to come out of the London Olympics are the ones of triumph over adversity. Hard-fought victories, athletes overcoming setback or injury to win medals. Sergei Rachmaninoff battled overwhelming criticism and self-doubt when he was writing his second piano concerto. He even did what many athletes do to improve their mental game. He consulted a hypnotherapist. Today, we'll visit the other big event going on in London right now, the Proms. Kirill Gerstein plays Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
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Richard Strauss
Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85
Lorenza Borrani and Daniel Hope, violins, Carla Maria Rodrigues and Philip Dukes, violas, Keith Robinson and Jonathan Cohen, cellos
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
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Johann Paul von Westhoff
Imitazione del Liuto (Imitation of the Lute), from Violin Sonata No. 2
Daniel Hope, violin, Paul O'Dette, lute
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York City
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor
Kirill Gerstein, piano, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
hour 2
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Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo from Octet in E-flat, Op. 20
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
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Joseph Haydn
Two movements from Aus des Ramlers Lyrischer Blumenlese, Hob. XXVb/c
Sarah Shafer, soprano, Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano, Karim Sulayman, tenor, John Moore, baritone, Richard Goode, piano
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
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Vasen (Arranged by the Punch Brothers)
Flippen (The Flip)
The Punch Brothers
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 87
Ying Fu and Lucy Chapman, violins, Mary Sang-hyun Yong and Kyle Armbrust, violas, Bronwyn Banerdt, cello
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
