Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 begins with this angular calm; then comes the beautiful pointillism of the second movement. And it finishes with a dynamic, energetic finale. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear James Ehnes play this piece in concert with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
George Frederic Handel: Radamisto: 1. Passacaille
Academy for Ancient Music, Berlin
Ombra mai fu
Harmonia Mundi 901685
Alexander Scriabin: Five Preludes for Piano, Op. 16
Wu Han, piano
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63
James Ehnes, violin; Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Thomas Sondergard, conductor
Concert Hall, Opera House, Sydney, Australia
Ricardo Llorca: Handeliana (Variations on a Theme by G.F. Handel)
Adam Levin, guitar
Clayton State University, Spivey Hall, Morrow, GA
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in G major, K. 285a: Andante
Lisa Beznosiuk, flute; Pavlo Beznosiuk,violin; Tom Dunn, viola; Richard Tunnicliffe, cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in G major K285a
Avie 2108
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Tempesta di Mare; Emlyn Ngai, concertmaster; Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone, directors
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Alfred Schnittke: "Moz-Art" for Two Violins
Stefan Jackiw, violin; Jonathon Crow, violin
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, The Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Bela Bartok: Suite from the Miraculous Mandarin
Academy Festival Orchestra; Larry Rachleff, conductor
Music Academy of the West, The Grenada Theater, Santa Barbara, CA
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