Franz Liszt wrote a piano sonata in a fit of artistic rapture after reading Dante's "Divine Comedy," the epic 14th century poem about heaven and hell. Join the audience as pianist Paul Lewis gives a virtuosic performance of Liszt's Dante Sonata on Friday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Triple Concerto in A minor, BWV 1044: Movement 2
Alison Mitchell, flute; Angela Hewitt, piano; Richard Tognetti, violin; Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor
Bach: The Keyboard Concertos, Vol. 1
Hyperion 67307
Franz Liszt: Apres une lecture du Dante ("Dante Sonata"), from Annees de pelerinage II, S. 161/7
Paul Lewis, piano
Spivey Hall, Morrow, GA
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891
Mana Saxophone Quartet
National Music Festival, Gibson Center for the Performing Arts, Chestertown, MD
Piotr Szewczyk: St. Augustine Suite for Chamber Orchestra
St. Augustine Music Festival Chamber Orchestra; Michel Merrill, conductor
St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica, St. Augustine, FL
Hour 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Lilacs and Sorochintsy Fair: Hopak
Alessio Bax, piano
Rachmaninoff: Preludes & Melodies
Signum Classics 264
Franz Schubert: Sonata in A minor for Cello and Piano, D. 821
Alessio Bax, piano; Andreas Brantelid, cello
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY
Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Phoenix Avalon, violin; Hsin-I Huang, piano
PT Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Arvo Part: Swansong
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
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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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