How does pianist Emanuel Ax feel at a big concert? We'll find out on Wednesday's Performance Today, plus we'll hear Emanuel Ax play Beethoven in concert in Los Angeles.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in E Major. Adagio, Op. 116, No. 4
Emanuel Ax, piano
Brahms Fantasies Op. 116 Piano Pieces Op. 119 Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 2
Sony 69284
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19
Emanuel Ax, piano; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Jim L. from W. Hartford, CT
Ennio Morricone (arr. Ryan Anthony and Gary Beard): Gabriel's Oboe, from The Mission
Ryan Anthony, trumpet; Gary Beard, organ
Beaches Fine Arts Series, St. Paul's by the Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Duke Ellington: Echoes of Harlem Ryan Anthony, trumpet; Gary Beard, piano
Beaches Fine Arts Series, St. Paul's by the Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Hour 2
Peter Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
Pas De Deux
Teldec 94571
George Enescu: Cantabile e Presto
Paula Robison, flute; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach: Ouverture III in C, Movements 1-6, 8 & 11
Tempesta di Mare
Church of Saint Martin in the Fields, Chestnut, Philadelphia, PA
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathetique: 1. Adagio - Allegro non troppo - Andante - Allegro vivo; 4. Adagio lamentoso - Andante
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
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