Wherever you are, and whatever you happen to be doing, let us take you to a musical journey Lincoln Center in New York City. On Friday's Performance Today, Pianist Emanuel Ax joins the New York Philharmonic to play a Keyboard Concerto by Bach - and we've got front row seats.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 2 in d minor, Op. 14: 4. Vivace
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Prokofiev Piano Sonatas
Sony 53273
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet No.4 in A major, K. 298
Tom Ottar Andreassen, flute; Frode Larsen, violin; Jon Wien Sonstebo, viola; Emery Cardas, cello
Oslo Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A, S.215
Yefim Bronfman, piano; Vienna Philharmonic; Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Gardens, Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria
Summer Night Concert, Schonnbrunn
Deutsche Grammophon 476 3793
Samuel Barber: String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 11, "Adagio for Strings": Molto Adagio
The Dover Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Engelbert Humperdinck (arr. Roger Harvey): Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel
Burning River Brass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Hour 2
Frederic Chopin: Mazurka Op. 6, No. 2 in C-sharp and Mazurka Op. 24 No. 2 in C Major
Emanuel Ax, piano
Chopin: Scherzos, Mazurkas
Sony 44544
Claude Debussy: Danse sacree et danse profane
Bridget Kibbey, harp; Erin Keefe, violin; Jorja Fleezanis, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Dane Johansen, cello; Scott Pingel, bass
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, CA
Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Emanuel Ax, piano; New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in e minor, Op. 64: 4. Finale: Andante maesto
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
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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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