There's nothing quite like a best friend. On Wednesday's Performance Today we'll hear two pieces by famous composer written for their less-famous closest confidantes. One piece is a horn concerto by Mozart composed for his friend Joseph Leutgeb. On the original music manuscript, Mozart scribbled in little notes to Leutgeb all through the music such as, "come on, quicken up here" and, "be a good fellow, have courage!" But at the end, Mozart wrote "thank heavens, that's enough, enough!"
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Francois Couperin: Sixieme Ordre (2nd Book, "Pieces de Clavecin") - No. 5 - Mysterious Barricades and No. 7 - La Commere
Angela Hewitt, piano
Eugene Ysaye: Amitie, Op. 26, for two violins and orchestra
Renaud Capucon, violin; Joshua Bell, violin; Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Harding, conductor
Combins Hall, Verbier, Switzerland
The Piano Puzzler
Al Albers from Madison, WI
Thomas Ades: Three Studies from Couperin
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Royce Hall, Westwood, CA
Francois Couperin: L'Amphibie
Angela Hewitt, piano
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito; Overture
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Ennio Morricone, arr. Anthony and Beard: Gabriel's Oboe, from The Mission
Ryan Anthony, trumpet; Gary Beard, organ
St. Paul's by the Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville Beach, FL
PT Young Artist-in-Residence: Jordan Dodson, Guitar
Leo Brouwer: Guitar Sonata
Jordan Dodson, guitar
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Agustin Barrios: Julia Florida
Jordan Dodson, guitar
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, K. 447
Radek Baborak, horn; Orchestra of the Suisse Romande; Marek Janowski, conductor
Batiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva, Switzerland
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