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January 30, 2013
The Hardest-Working Man in Show Biz
There are workaholics, and then there's Valery Gergiev. Gergiev maintains an almost break-neck pace of conducting engagements all over the world, rarely taking a day off. One interviewer recently asked him why he works so hard. Gergiev replied, "At some point, I think, it's difficult to stop." In today's show, the man who doesn't know the meaning of down time leads the London Symphony in Brahms' Haydn Variations, from a concert last month in London.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov
Intermezzo No. 2 in G, for Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi, conductor
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Johann Strauss, Jr.
Auf der Jagd (On the Hunt), Polka, Op. 373
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, conductor
Fernand Lindsay Amphitheatre, Joliette, Quebec
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Gustav Mahler
Piano Quartet in A Minor
Lily Maisky, piano, Sasha Maisky, violin, Lyda Chen, viola, Mischa Maisky, cello
Martha Argerich Project, Lugano, Switzerland
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Dan Larkin from Windsor, California
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Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
The London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
Barbican Hall, London, England
hour 2
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George Frideric Handel
Angels Ever Bright and Fair, from Theodora, HWV 68
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano, the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
First movement from Piano Sonata No. 16 in C, K. 545
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in C for Violin and Orchestra, K. 373
Arabella Steinbacher, violin, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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PT Young Artist-in-Residence
Jordan Dodson, guitar
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Leo Brouwer
Guitar Sonata
Jordan Dodson, guitar
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Agustin Barrios
Julia Florida
Jordan Dodson, guitar
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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George Frideric Handel
Prelude and Hornpipe, from Water Music Suite No. 1 in D, HWV 349
Festival Musicians, Nicholas McGegan, conductor and harpsichord
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
