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Weekend of August 6, 2011

Jean-Yves Thibaudet in Dallas

Jean-Yves Thibaudet is about to turn 50, and is getting philosophical. In today's show, Thibaudet shares his thoughts on being an overnight sensation vs. building a career more slowly. And he plays the sensational Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in Dallas.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Franz Schubert
    The Bee
    Renaud Capucon, violin, Jerome Ducros, piano
  • Peter Tchaikovsky
    Valse Sentimentale
    Renaud Capucon, violin, Jerome Ducros, piano
  • Alexander Glazunov
    Scherzo from Saxophone Quartet, Op. 109
    The Amstel Saxophone Quartet
  • Edvard Grieg
    Elves' Dance
    Michala Petri, recorder, Lars Hannibal, guitar
    Minnesota Beethoven Festival, Winona, Minnesota
  • Domenico Scarlatti
    Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, K. 11, L. 352, P. 67
    Yefim Bronfman, piano
    Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Concerto in C for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 56 (Triple Concerto)
    Frank Braley, piano, Renaud Capucon, violin, Gautier Capucon, cello, the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
    The BBC Proms, London, England

hour 2

  • Maurice Ravel
    La Vallee des Cloches (Valley of the Bells)
    Nathaniel Rosen, cello, Doris Stevenson, piano
  • Antonin Dvorak
    Slavonic Dances in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 2
    Leon Fleisher and Katherine Jacobson Fleisher, piano
    Minnesota Beethoven Festival, Winona, Minnesota
  • 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
  • Claude Debussy
    Pan's Flute, from Chansons de Bilitis
    Renee Fleming, soprano, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
  • Maurice Ravel
    Blues, from Violin Sonata in G
    Nicola Benedetti, violin, Katya Apekisheva, piano
    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
  • 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
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