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March 2, 2010
Garrick Ohlsson in Poland
Yesterday was Frederic Chopin's 200th birthday. Of all the celebrations across the globe in his honor, the one we're most excited to bring you is from Chopin's home town in Poland. American pianist Garrick Ohlsson gave a very special recital there yesterday. He played on an 1848 Pleyel piano once owned by Chopin, in a manor house in Chopin's home town. The recital was broadcast live over Polish radio, to a nation that Ohlsson admits is "Chopin-crazy." In today's show, we'll have highlights.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Frederic Chopin
Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9, No. 2
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
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Frederic Chopin
Polonaise in A, Op. 40, No. 1, Ballade No. 3 in A-flat, Op. 47, Scherzo in E, Op. 54, Mazurka in C-sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 3, Waltz in E-flat, Op. 18, and Polonaise in A-flat, Op. 53
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson
Chopin's childhood home, Zelazowa Wola, Poland
hour 2
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Jonny Greenwood
"Prospectors' Quartet" from "There Will Be Blood"
The Emperor Quartet
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Patrick Doyle
"What Players are They" from "Hamlet"
A studio orchestra with conductor Robert Ziegler
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John Corigliano
Third and fourth movements from "The Red Violin" Concerto
Violinist Joshua Bell with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore
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Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp Minor, Op. Posthumous
Pianist Mikhail Pletnev
Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland
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Michael Nyman
"The Heart Asks Pleasure First"
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Hans Graf
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota
