Poster Pianist Jenny Lin
Pianist Jenny Lin's new CD is Get Happy, virtuoso showtunes for pianists
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Jenny Lin

Pianist Jenny Lin joins host Fred Child in the PT studios today. She's got a new CD out, "Get Happy," a set of virtuoso arrangements of Broadway show tunes written by some of her fellow pianists. Lin says, "You really have to remember that the melody is first," and confesses that she listened to plenty of Sinatra (whom she adores) in preparation for this project. On today's show, Jenny Lin talks about the project and performs five selections from the CD.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Antonin Dvorak: Scherzo from Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81
The Orion String Quartet, Peter Serkin, piano

Henry Purcell: Scotch Tune
Solamente Naturali, Milos Valent, violin and leader
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston

Ludwig van Beethoven: Six Ecossaises, WoO 83
Alfred Brendel, piano

Traditional Irish: Jezebel Carol
Ensemble Galilei
Beaches Fine Arts Series, Jacksonville, Florida

Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, James Conlon, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

Hour 2

Irving Berlin (arranged by Dick Hyman): Cheek to Cheek
Jenny Lin, piano

George Gershwin (arranged by Earl Wild): I Got Rhythm
Jenny Lin, piano

Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, David Robertson, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Peter Tchaikovsky: The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, from the Nutcracker, Op. 71a
The Glass Duo
International Chopin Piano Festival, Duszniki Zdroj, Poland

Perfchat with Jenny Lin: Perfchat

Richard Rodgers (arranged by Stephen Hough): My Favorite Things
Jenny Lin, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

Frederick Loewe (arranged by Stefan Malzew): Eliza in Ascot
Jenny Lin, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

George Gershwin (arranged by Earl Wild): Embraceable You
Jenny Lin, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

Richard Rodgers (arranged by Andre Previn): Blue Moon
Jenny Lin, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

Harold Arlen (arranged by Stephen Prutsman): Get Happy
Jenny Lin, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

Benjamin Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
Chanticleer, Dale Warland, director
St. Vincent de Paul Church, Petaluma, California

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