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September 24, 2012

The Van Cliburn Competition

The very first Van Cliburn International Piano Competition got underway exactly 50 years ago, on September 24, 1962, in Fort Worth, Texas. In today's show, we'll celebrate a half-century of spectacular music-making from deep in the heart of Texas. We'll hear from a number of past competitors, including Jeffrey Kahane, Olga Kern, Jon Nakamatsu, and the very first winner in 1962, Ralph Votapek.

Today's Playlist

Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.

hour 1

  • Pablo de Sarasate
    Romanza Andaluza
    Gil Shaham, violin, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Agustin Barrios
    Waltz, Op. 8, No. 4
    Sharon Isbin, guitar
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • Christopher Tye
    Quaesumus Omnipotens (We Beseech Thee)
    Stile Antico
    Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
  • Orlando Gibbons
    Fantasy No. 8 for Three Viols
    Kevin Kumar and Maia Jasper, violins, Meredith Crawford, viola
    Salastina Music Society, Brentwood, California
  • Franz Schubert
    Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 (Tragic)
    The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
    Carnegie Hall, New York City

hour 2

  • Peter Tchaikovsky
    Barcarolle (June, from the Seasons)
    Van Cliburn, piano
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    String Symphony No. 10 in B Minor
    The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, conductor
    Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
  • Johannes Brahms
    Intermezzo No. 1, Op. 118
    Ralph Votapek, piano
    Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
  • Franz Schubert
    Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat, D. 899
    Radu Lupu, piano
    Friedrich Ebert Halle, Hamburg, Germany
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Third movement from Piano Concerto in C, K. 503
    Jeffrey Kahane, piano and conductor, the New York Philharmonic
    Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
  • William Bolcom
    La Belle Rouquine and Circus Galop, from Nine Bagatelles
    Jon Nakamatsu, piano
    Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Moments Musicaux, Op. 16, No. 4
    Olga Kern, piano
    Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
  • Alexander Scriabin
    Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9, No. 2
    Mariangela Vacatello, piano
    Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
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