Conductor Valery Gergiev hopped into a cab, and when the driver asked where he was going, Gergiev said, "It doesn't matter - I'm in demand everywhere." Gergiev leads major orchestras around the world and takes almost no breaks in his schedule. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear the hardest working man in show biz conduct the Mariinsky Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Fritz Kreisler: Caprice Viennois
Joshua Bell, violin; Paul Coker, piano
The Kreisler Album
London 444 409
Manuel de Falla: La Vida Breve: Act II, No. 1, Danse espagnole
Petar Jankovic Ensemble: Petar Jankovic, guitar; Sophie Bird, violin; Grace Kim, violin; Rose Wollman, viola; Maria Martinez, cello
Auer Hall, Jacobs School of Music, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN
Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 12: 1. Allegro molto; 2. Adagio; 4. Finale. Allegro energico
Mariinksy Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor
Congress and Concert Centre de Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Gergiev Festival Live - Selected Radio Recordings
RadioNederland 2005
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5: Moderato
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Beaches Fine Arts Series, St. Paul's by the Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Hour 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in c minor: 3. Finale - Prestissimo
Paul Lewis, piano
Beethoven No. 4 - Paul Lewis
Harmonia Mundi 901909
Darius Milhaud: La cheminee du Roi Rene
City of Tomorrow Wind Quintet: Elise Blatchford, flute; Camile Barrientos Ossio, clarinet; Andrew Nogal, oboe; Laura Miller, bassoon; Leander Star, horn
Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 28 in C Major, K. 200: 1. Allegro spiritoso 2. Andante in F major 3. Menuet & Trio 4. Presto
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Carnegie Hall Live, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Osvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae
A Far Cry
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
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