When he was young, Felix Mendelssohn had a crush on a girl named Delphine; they played piano together every morning. Once, Mendelssohn was stuck writing a new piece and Delphine helped out. We don't which part, but we know she helped with his first piano concerto. The story of Felix and Delphine and a concert from Dallas, on Monday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Fritz Kreisler (arr. Rachmaninoff): Liebesleid
Alessio Bax, piano
Rachmaninoff: Preludes & Melodies
Signum Classics 264
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in d minor, Op. 76, No. 2, "Quinten"
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 25
Alessio Bax, piano; Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
Antonio Carlos Jobim (arr. E. Crespo): Chega de Saudade
Spanish Brass: Carlos Beneto Grau, trumpet; Juanjo Serna Salvador, trumpet; Manuel Perez Ortega, French horn; Indalecio Bonet Manrique, trombone; Sergio Finca Quiros, tuba
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade for Winds in c minor, K. 388: 3. Menuetto in Canone - Trio in Canone al rovescio
Allan Vogel, oboe; Kimaree Gilad, oboe; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Carey Bell, clarinet; Dennis Godburn; bassoon; Frank Morelli, bassoon; Richard Todd, french horn; Brad Warnaar, french horn
Music@Menlo
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F: 2. Assez vif - tres rythme
Seattle Marimba Quartet
In studio at KING FM, Seattle, WA
Antonin Dvorak: Serenade in d minor for Winds, Cello, and Double Bass, Op. 44, B. 77
Stephen Taylor, James A. Smith, David Shifrin, Romie de Guise-Langlois, Bram Van Sambeek, Peter Kolkay, Harry Searing, Jennifer Montone, Julie Landsman, Julia Pilant, Michelle Baker, Nick Canellakis,
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater, New York, NY
Karol Szymanowski: Concert Overture, Op. 12
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
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