The Aspen Music Festival appears utterly graceful. But, as Chief Piano Technician Peter Sumner puts it, "it's a bit like a duck swimming on a pond; all you see is the duck gliding across, but underneath everything is paddling like crazy." On Wednesday's Performance Today, Sumner gives us a behind-the-scenes peek at what it's like to maintain the Festival's 200 pianos.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik": 1. Allegro
Seattle Marimba Quartet
In Studio at KING FM, Seattle, WA
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Alex Strong from Bloomington, IN
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Flute Concerto in D Minor, H. 484.1, Wq 22
Tara Helen O'Connor, Geoff Nuttall, Owen Dalby, Benjamin Beilman, Livia Sohn, Daniel Phillips, Christopher Costanza, Anthony Manzo, Pedja Muzijevic
Bank of America's Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Hour 2
Franz Schubert: Quartettsatz, D. 703
Modigliani String Quartet
Union College Concert Series, Union College Memorial Chapel, Schenectady, NY
Claude Debussy: Preludes from Book 2, L. 123: Preludes 1-5
Anton Nel, piano
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
Gioacchino Rossini: Sonata in C Major, No. 3
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin; Misha Rachlevsky, conductor
Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.
Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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