It's always good to make your exit while you're at the top of your game. In today's show, we'll feature final performances by some of the great classical artists of our time, including conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, pianist Vladimir Horowitz, and violinist Nathan Milstein. Plus, we'll feature John Williams'"Air and Simple Gifts," played at yesterday's presidential inauguration.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Schmidt: Intermezzo from "Notre Dame"
The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Lawrence Foster
John Williams: "Air and Simple Gifts"
Violinist Itzhak Perlman, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and pianist Gabriela Montero
United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
Paul Moravec: "Scherzo"
Trio Solisti
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, New York
"The Piano Puzzler": This week's contestant is David Pratt from Columbiana, Ohio.
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in C Minor, Hob. I:95
The North German Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Lawrence Foster
Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany
Hour 2
Frederic Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 56, No. 3
Pianist Vladimir Horowitz
George Frideric Handel: Sonata in A, Op. 1, No. 3
Violinist Nathan Milstein and pianist Georges Pludermacher
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Niccolo Paganini: Allegro from Caprice for Solo Violin, Op. 1, No. 13
Violinist Nathan Milstein
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Benjamin Britten: "Four Sea Interludes," Op. 33a, from "Peter Grimes"
The Boston Symphony Orchestra with conductor Leonard Bernstein
Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox, Massachusetts
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fourth Movement from Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
The Boston Symphony Orchestra with conductor Leonard Bernstein
Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox, Massachusetts
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in D, K. 485
Pianist Vladimir Horowitz
Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany
Moritz Moszkowski: "Etincelles" ("Sparks"), Op. 36, No. 6
Pianist Vladimir Horowitz
Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany
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