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.
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Pablo de Sarasate
Romanza Andaluza
Gil Shaham, violin, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
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Agustin Barrios
Waltz, Op. 8, No. 4
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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Christopher Tye
Quaesumus Omnipotens (We Beseech Thee)
Stile Antico
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
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Orlando Gibbons
Fantasy No. 8 for Three Viols
Kevin Kumar and Maia Jasper, violins, Meredith Crawford, viola
Salastina Music Society, Brentwood, California
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 (Tragic)
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Barcarolle (June, from the Seasons)
Van Cliburn, piano
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 10 in B Minor
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo No. 1, Op. 118
Ralph Votapek, piano
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat, D. 899
Radu Lupu, piano
Friedrich Ebert Halle, Hamburg, Germany
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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
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William Bolcom
La Belle Rouquine and Circus Galop, from Nine Bagatelles
Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Moments Musicaux, Op. 16, No. 4
Olga Kern, piano
Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
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Alexander Scriabin
Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9, No. 2
Mariangela Vacatello, piano
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas