The six remaining Van Cliburn Competition contestants are giving their final performances this week. Today, we'll hear Italian pianist Mariangela Vacatello in her semi-final round performance, playing music by Schumann and Scriabin. Our guest blogger, Gregory Allen, says of Vacatello, "She has insight, sensitivity, imagination, good taste, and - rarely found in competitions - a sense of integrity and humility about her role as an artist."
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Attack March"
The Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Ondrej Lenard
Camille Saint-Saens: "Morceau de Concert for Horn and Orchestra"
Hornist Sharon Polyak with the Munich Radio Orchestra and conductor Josep Caballe-Domenech
BR Studio 1, Munich, Germany
George Gershwin: "I Got Rhythm"
The Venezuelan Brass Ensemble with conductor Thomas Clamor
Concert Hall of the Congress and Culture Center, Lucerne, Switzerland
"The Piano Puzzler": This week's contestant, Peter Sagal from Chicago, is the host of NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!"
Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Tempest," Op. 18
The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Mario Kosik
Slovak Philharmonie, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Hour 2
Franz Liszt: Consolation No. 3
Pianist Van Cliburn
Christoph Gluck: "Dance of the Blessed Spirits," from "Orfeo ed Euridice"
Violinist Renaud Capucon
Concert Hall, Stavanger, Norway
Robert Schumann: Scherzo from Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44
Pianist Mariangela Vacatello with the Takacs Quartet
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
Alexander Scriabin: Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9, No. 2
Pianist Mariangela Vacatello
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
Franz Schubert: Last two movements from Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944, ("The Great")
The Stavanger Symphony Orchestra with conductor Paul McCreesh
Concert Hall, Stavanger, Norway
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