Violinist Joseph Joachim believed that there were only four great violin concertos written by German composers -- and one of them was written just for him, by his friend Johannes Brahms. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear violinist James Ehnes play that Brahms Concerto in concert with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Leonard Bernstein: Fancy Free - Ballet; Three Dance Variations: Variation 3: Danzon & Variation 1: Galop
Nashville Symphony; Andrew Mogrelia, conductor
Bernstein: Fancy Free/Dybbuk
Naxos 559280
Traditional Swedish (arr. Maria Pomianowska): Fogel vikar'n polska
LutoSlowianie Orchestra; Maria Pomianowska, artistic director
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw, Poland
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Chris Willis from Santa Monica, CA
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Grand Teton Festival Orchestra; Donald Runnicles, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade for Winds in c minor K. 388: 3. Menuetto in Canone
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
Vol. 4: Mozart and Winds
Music@Menlo 20064
Jacques Ibert: Divertissement
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Alastair Willis, conductor
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX
Robert Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
String Theory, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77: 2. Adagio; 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppe
James Ehnes, violin; Festival Orchestra; Donald Runnicles, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village, WY
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