Benjamin Grosvenor just turned 24, but he's already a veteran of concert halls around the world and is among the most insightful pianists of his generation. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll take you to hear Grosvenor give a majestic performance of music by Bach in concert at Spivey Hall.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Jean Sibelius: Pan and Echo, Op. 53
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Sibelius - Swanwhite Suite, Op.54
BIS 359
Bela Fleck: Medley: Flight of the Cosmic Hippo; Slipstream; Sunset Road; Big Country
Bela Fleck, banjo; Abigail Washburn, banjo
Savannah Music Festival, Lucas Theatre for the Arts, Savannah, GA
Felix Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 19, No. 1
Sean Lee, violin; Peter Dugan, piano
The Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, The Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach, FL
Felix Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 30, No. 4
Sean Lee, violin; Peter Dugan, piano
The Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, The Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach, FL
Sergei Rachmaninoff (arr. Jascha Heifetz): It's Peaceful Here
Sean Lee, violin; Peter Dugan, piano
The Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, The Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach, FL
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39: Movements 2-4
Houston Symphony; John Storgards, conductor
Jones Hall, Houston, TX
Hour 2
Tembembe Ensamble Continuo: El Coqui
Tembembe Ensamble Continuo: Eloy Cruz; Lee Santanam; Patricio Hidalgo; Felix Jose Oseguera; Leopoldo Nova; Enrique Barona
Tembembe Ensamble Continuo: Laberinto en la guitarra
Tembembe Ensamble Continuo
Johann Sebastian Bach (trans. Ferruccio Busoni): Chaconne in D minor, from Partita No. 2, BWV 1004
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Santiago de Murcia: Caballero; Los Negritos
Tembembe Ensamble Continuo: Adalaida Isable Coronel, Ulises Martinez, Enrique Barona, Leopoldo Novoa, Eloy Cruz
Schubert Club of Minnesota, Atrium Recording Studio, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN
Santiago de Murcia: El Bayle del Chimo; Bayle de Espadas Jarabe
Tembembe Ensamble Continuo: Adalaida Isable Coronel, Ulises Martinez, Enrique Barona, Leopoldo Novoa, Eloy Cruz
Schubert Club of Minnesota, Atrium Recording Studio, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MNSchubert Club of Minnesota, Atrium Recording Studio, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN
Traditional: Cumbees; El Cielito Lindo
Tembembe Ensamble Continuo: Adalaida Isable Coronel, Ulises Martinez, Enrique Barona, Leopoldo Novoa, Eloy Cruz
Schubert Club of Minnesota, Atrium Recording Studio, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio, Op. 72
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Cincinnati Music Hall, Springer Auditorium, Cincinnati, OH
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