After two and a half weeks of incredible keyboard artistry - not to mention some intense musical drama - the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition wrapped up last night. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll bring you the big stories, the new Gold Medalist, and a Gold Medal winning performance.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude, Op. 23. No. 4
Van Cliburn, piano
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Vadym Kholodenko, piano (Gold Medal Winner from the Van Cliburn competition)
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Van Cliburn Piano Competition 2013
Luigi Boccherini: Introduction and Fandango
Zamfirescu Guitar Trio - Ionut Zamfirescu, guitar; Stan Zamfirescu, guitar; Georgeta Zamfirescu, guitar
Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Romanian Radio, Bucharest, Romania
Pablo Casals: Song of the Birds, from the film 'Windjammer' (1958)
Truls Mork, cello (from concert with Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra)
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Hour 2
Leonard Bernstein: On the Town: Times Square, 1944
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Ottorino Respighi: Fountains of Rome, P. 106
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
PT Young Artist-in-Residence: Jordan Dodson, Guitar
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E Flat BWV 998
Jordan Dodson, guitar
Maud Moon Weyerhauser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Paul Lansky: Partita: Suite for Guitar and Percussion --IV. Gigue
Jordan Dodson, guitar
Maud Moon Weyerhauser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Traditional: Gemparales Suite
Imago Mundi Ensemble
National Music University, Bucharest, Romania
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