At the age of 70, composer Leos Janacek wrote a sextet recalling his youth as a choirboy at St. Thomas Abbey in the Czech city of Brno. On Thursday's Performance Today, hear Mladi (Youth) by Leos Janacek, from a concert in Round Top, Texas. In addition, we'll continue our conversation with the Vera Quartet, our PT Young Artist in Residence, including a performance of Beethoven's String Quartet No. 9.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Leos Janacek: In the Mists: Movement 1
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Janacek: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 - In the Mists etc
Virgin 91222
Arturo Marquez (arr. Oliver Nickel): Danzon No. 2
Dallas Winds; Michael Haithcock, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
Leos Janacek: Mladi (Youth)
Alexa Still, flute; Erin Hannigan, oboe; Jun Qian, clarinet; Alejandro Dergal, bass clarinet; George Sakakeeny, bassoon; Michelle Baker, horn
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto No. 2 in C major for Two Keyboards, BWV 106
Jeffrey Kahane, piano; Ray Ushikubo, piano; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Hour 2
Niccolo Paganini (arr. Milone & Balsom): Caprice #24 In A Minor
Alison Balsom, trumpet
caprice
EMI 53255
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Major, K. 305
In mo Yang, violin; Renana Gutman, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59, No. 3: Movements 3 & 4
Vera Quartet: Pedro Rodriguez, violin; Patricia Garcia, violin; Ines Molares, viola; Justin Goldsmith, cello
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major Hob.: VIIe/1
Alison Balsom, trumpet; Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Houston Symphony Orchestra, Jones Hall, Houston, TX
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