It's hard to imagine the pressure that was on pianists at the Van Cliburn Piano Competition last week. "It's pretty difficult to deal with the pressure," competitor Beatrice Rana said. "Thirteen people —they decide your fate as a pianist." Luckily for Rana, the jury sided in her favor. She took home the silver medal on Sunday and won the audience choice award. We'll hear that winning performance of the Schumann Piano Quintet with Beatrice Rana and the Brentano String Quartet on Thursday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Frederic Chopin: Twenty-four Preludes, op. 28, 17. Allegretto - A-flat major; 19. Vivace - E-flat major
Beatrice Rana, piano
Van Cliburn Competition, Bass Performance Hall, Forth Worth, TX
Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to 'La Forza del Destino'
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
Gardens, Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria
Jean Francaix: Divertissement for Bassoon and Strings
Frank Morelli, bassoon; Theodore Arm, violin; Guillermo Figueroa, viola; Toby Appel, viola; Keith Robinson, cello; Laurence Glazener, double bass
Taos Center for the Arts, Taos NM
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat Major, Op. 44 - Mvmts 1, 2, 4
Beatrice Rana, piano; Brentano String Quartet
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX
Hour 2
Modest Mussorgsky: The Old Castle, from Pictures at an Exhibition
Branford Marsalis, soprano saxophone; English Chamber Orchestra
Michala Petri: Variations on a Danish folk tune "Mads Doss" for solo recorder
Michala Petri, recorder
Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN
PT Young Artist-in-Residence: Jordan Dodson, Guitar
Barbara Kolb: Umbrian Colors
Jordan Dodson, guitar; Nadir Khashimov, violin
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Antonio Carlos Jobim, arr. Roland Dyens: A Felicidade
Jordan Dodson, guitar
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Jacob ter Veldhuis: Tallahatchie Concerto
Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jacques Lacombe, conductor
Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
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