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In the mid-1500s, astronomer Nicholas Copernicus came up with a radical theory. The idea that the planets go around the sun, not around the earth. The annual summer music festival in Lugano, Switzerland has something similar. There, things don't revolve around a sun, but around Martha Argerich. We'll visit the Martha Argerich Project, a month-long festival where young, up-and-coming players get to rehearse and perform with the living legend of the piano, on Monday's Performance Today.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Frederic Chopin: Preludes Op. 28 - No. 13 in F-sharp Major, No. 21 in B Major
Martha Argerich, piano
Music of the Night
Deutsche Grammophon 457992

John Jenkins: Antimasque
Seven Times Salt: Matthew Wright, lute; Karen Burciaga, violin; Josh Schreiber, viola da gamba; Daniel Meyers, recorder
Fraser Performance Studio, WGBH, Boston, MA

George Enescu: Cantabile e Presto
Paula Robison, flute; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, op. 15
Martha Argerich, piano; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky, conductor
Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano, Switzerland
DG 477 9884

Hour 2

Robert Schumann: Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano Op. 73 - 3. Rasch und mit Feuer
Todd Levy, clarinet; Elena Abend, piano
Brahms and Schumann
Avie 2098

Published by Gasparo Zanetti: Courtly Entertainment IV
Piffaro - Joan Kimball & Bob Wiemken, artistic co-directors; King's Noyse - David Douglass, director
Sts. Andrew & Matthew Church; Wilmington, DE

Maurice Ravel: Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faure
Erin Keefe, violin; Alessio Bax, piano
The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA

Eduard Franck: Piano Selections from 3 Character pieces Op. 3 - No. 2 in B Major - Andante con moto
James Tocco, piano
Merkin Concert Hall, NY

Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Martha Argerich, piano; Orchestra della Svizzera italiana; Alexander Vedernikov, conductor
Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano, Switzerland
Martha Argerich - Lugano Concertos
DG 477 9884

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