A master pianist and one of the world's great orchestras rendezvous in a magnificent concert hall to play a Mozart concerto together. We'll go to Vienna to hear Maurizio Pollini play Mozart's Piano Concerto Number 12 at the Musikverein, with the Vienna Philharmonic. Plus, cellist Steven Isserlis plays a concerto by Saint-Saens with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Serenade, Op. 37
Steven Isserlis, cello, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Jean Balissat: Rondo from Songs of Autumn, Sinfonietta for Band
The Swiss-Italian Orchestra Wind Ensemble, Franco Cesarini, conductor
Stelio Molo Auditorium, Lugano, Switzerland
Georg Philipp Telemann: Bourree from Sonata Discordato in A Major
REBEL Ensemble
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studios, St. Paul, Minnesota
Pierre Gabriel Buffardin: Concerto in E Minor for Traverso, Strings, and Basso Continuo
REBEL Ensemble
International Handel Festival, Gottingen, Germany
Camille Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33
Steven Isserlis, cello, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Sondergard, conductor
St. David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009
Steven Isserlis, cello
St. David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales
Hour 2
Felix Blumenfield: Etude for the Left Hand Alone, Op. 36
Michael Ponti, piano
Edward Elgar: Third movement from the Violin Sonata in e minor, Op. 82
Nai-Yuan Hu, violin, John Lenehan, piano
Newport Music Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
Edward Elgar: Salut D'Amore, Op. 12
Nai-Yuan Hu, violin, John Lenehan, piano
Newport Music Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
Maurizio Pollini, piano and conductor, Vienna Philharmonic
Musikverein, Grosser Saal, Vienna
Enrique Granados: El mirar de la Maja (The Gaze of the Maja)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano, Steven Blier, piano
Caramoor International Music Festival, Katonah, New York
Enrique Granados: Fourth movement from the Trio for violin, cello, and piano, Op. 50, H. 140
Jennifer Frautschi, violin, Jirr Barta, cello, Daniel del Pino, piano
Newport Music Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
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