As a kid, Orion Weiss played the piano simply because he loved playing. Practice wasn't a chore -- there wasn't a 30-minute timer ticking away in disagreement with a metronome. He simply liked to practice, to play the piano. That continued into his teenage years, then through his studies at the Juilliard School in New York City. Even then, he says, he was only playing piano because he loved it. The idea of becoming a professional musician hadn't really crossed his mind. You'll hear Orion Weiss play music by Brahms on Monday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 10 and No. 12
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, Conductor
Brahms' Hungarian Dances
Hungaroton 12571
Johan Halvorsen: Bojarenes Inntogsmarsj (Entry March of the Boyars)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor
Radio Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
Heitor Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No. 1
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
The Flagler Museum Music Series, The Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL
Johannes Brahms: Selections from 'Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118'
Orion Weiss, piano
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, The Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach, FL
Hour 2
Giovanni Gabrieli (arr. Eric Robertson): Sonata pian e forte
Canadian Brass
Album: Echo: Glory of Gabrieli
ODR 7380
Edward Elgar: Serenade for String Orchestra
Savannah Music Festival Players
Savannah Music Festival, Trinity United Methodist Church, Savannah, GA
Giovanni Gabrieli (arr. John Serry): Canzona per Sonare
Canadian Brass
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70: Movements 1, 3, 4
Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
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