Franz Schubert wrote a fantasy so demanding and difficult that he himself was unable to play it. Never fear - we'll hear from a pianist who can! On Wednesday's Performance Today, Juho Pohjonen gives a virtuosic performance of the Wanderer Fantasy in concert at the Music@Menlo Festival.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to Der Schauspieldirektor
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne; Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
Mozart Overtures
Virgin 63284
Marcel Tournier: Suite for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp, Op. 34
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Bridget Kibbey, harp; Kristin Lee, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Dmitri Atapine, cello
Music@Menlo, Menlo School, Atherton, CA
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Alan Fletcher from Aspen, CO
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 20 in D, K. 133
Boston Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Hour 2
Carl Nielsen: Woodwind Quintet, Op. 43: 2. Menuet
Susan Rotholz, flute; Elaine Douvas, oboe; Joaquin Valdepenas, clarinet; Stefanie Przybylska, bassoon; Robin Graham, horn
Barber: Summer Music and Nielsen: Woodwind Quintet
Sony 46250
Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet
Courtney Hershey Bress, harp; Claude Sim, violin; Monique Mead, violin; Karen Dirks, viola; David Hardy, cello; Demarre McGill, flute
Strings Music Festival, Strings Music Pavillion, Steamboat Springs, CO
Franz Schubert: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760, "Wanderer"
Juho Pohjonen, piano
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo, Atherton, CA
Franz Schubert (arr. Dan Graser): Quartettsatz in C Minor, D. 703
Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet
Rockport Music Festival, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Carl Nielsen: Overture to An Imaginary Journey to the Faroe Islands
Baltic Sea Youth Orchestra; Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
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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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