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September 2, 2010
Making the Right Choice
Growing up, Russian pianist Denis Matsuev had a hard time deciding between music and sports. He did both for a long time. But after two broken arms (caused by sports, not music), his dad told him it was time to choose one or the other. Lucky for us, Matsuev chose the more skeletally-friendly of the two: music. We'll hear two by Matsuev, including Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini," from the Colmar International Festival in France.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Fritz Kreisler
Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane
James Ehnes, violin, Eduard Laurel, piano
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Erland von Koch
Nordic Capriccio, Op. 26
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Per Hammarstrom, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
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Mark O'Connor
Caprice for Violin No. 4 in D
Mark O'Connor, violin
Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland
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Felix Mendelssohn
Capriccio in E Minor, Op. 81, No. 3
The Pacifica Quartet
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
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Isaac Albeniz
Cantos de Espana No. 4, Op. 232 (Cordoba)
The Assad Brothers
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
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Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
James Ehnes, violin, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
hour 2
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Fourth movement from Suite for Orchestra in D Minor, arranged for piano
Denis Matsuev, piano
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Anton Bruckner
Locus Iste (This place was made by God)
The Oslo Chamber Choir, Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Traditional
Trollfuglen
The Oslo Chamber Choir, Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Johann Paul von Westhoff
Sonata for Violin and Continuo
Daniel Hope, violin, and friends
Rolf Liebermann Studio, Hamburg, Germany
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Andrea Falconieri
Passacaglia
Daniel Hope, violin, and friends
Rolf Liebermann Studio, Hamburg, Germany
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Nicola Matteis
Ground after the Scotch Humour
Daniel Hope, violin, and friends
Rolf Liebermann Studio, Hamburg, Germany
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43
Denis Matsuev, piano, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Colmar International Festival, Colmar, France
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Denis Matsuev
Improvisation for piano on themes by Gershwin and Rachmaninoff
Denis Matsuev, piano
Colmar International Festival, Colmar, France
