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February 6, 2013
Lion-Hearted
The Greek name Leonidas means "brave as a lion." Violinist Leonidas Kavakos lives up to his name in a bold performance of Karol Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No. 2, from a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. But Kavakos shows his tender side too in the concerto's many folk melodies. We'll hear Leonidas Kavakos' thoughts on what makes this concerto so difficult, and his performance with Yannick Nezet-Seguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Frederic Chopin
Berceuse in D-flat, Op 57
Maurizio Pollini, piano
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Mike Block
Appalachian Medley
Mike Block, cello
New Directions Cello Festival, Ithaca, New York
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Heather Christensen from Portales, New Mexico
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 (Elvira Madigan)
Maurizio Pollini, piano, the Berlin Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
hour 2
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Bela Bartok
Intermezzo from Concerto for Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
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Giya Kancheli
Rag-GIDON-time for Violin, Viola, and Cello
Benjamin Beilman, violin, Jonathan Vinocour, viola, Michael Nicolas, cello
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton, New York
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Traditional Georgian
Didavoi Nana
The Rustavi Folk Chorus of Georgia, Anzor Erkomaishvili, director
Organ Hall, Chisinau, Moldova
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Karol Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61
Leonidas Kavakos, violin, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Josef Bohuslav Forster
First movement from Nonetto, Op. 147
The Czech Nonet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel
The Czech Nonet
Morrison Center Recital Hall, Boise, Idaho
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Flight of the Bumblebee
The Czech Nonet
Morrison Center Recital Hall, Boise, Idaho
