Violinist Nikolaj Znaider says there's nothing harder than playing Mozart. Embodying that perfection that sprang from Mozart's mind and heart and fingers is "an extraordinary task." Today, Znaider proves that he's up to the job. We'll hear him perform Mozart's fifth violin concerto with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, on tour in Omaha, Nebraska.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
William Grant Still: "A Frog Went A-Courtin'"
The Sierra Winds
Olli Mustonen: "Frogs Dancing on Water Lilies"
Cellist Martti Rousi with Tapiola Sinfonietta and conductor Olli Mustonen
Thomas Morley: "The Frog Galliard"
Capriccio Stravagante with conductor Skip Sempe
Musica Antica Early Music Festival, Bruges, Belgium
Cornelis Schuyt: "Gagliarda del Secondo Modo"
The Royal Wind Music with conductor Paul Leenhouts
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
Joseph Haydn: Sonata II from "The Seven Last Words of Our Savior from the Cross," Op. 51
The Soyulla Ensemble with poet and narrator Michael Dennis Browne
House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, Minnesota
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504 ("Prague")
The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra with conductor Rene Jacobs
Culture Centre, Herne, Germany
Hour 2
Sergei Prokofiev: "End of the Fairy Tale," from "Cinderella"
The Scottish National Orchestra with conductor Neeme Jarvi
Sergei Prokofiev: March from "The Love of Three Oranges"
Violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Valentina Lisitsa
Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
Nikolay Sokolov: "Melody"
The Rastrelli Cello Quartet
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219
Violinist Nikolaj Znaider with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Holland Performing Arts Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Ave Verum Corpus"
The Dale Warland Singers with conductor Dale Warland
Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis
Johannes Ockeghem: "Mort, tu as Navre" ("Death, you have Wounded")
Calefax
The Frick Collection, New York City
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