Gustav Mahler destroyed nearly all the music he'd written as a teenager. But one piano quartet survives... written when he was just 15 years-old. On Monday's Performance Today, hear Mahler's youthful Piano Quartet in A minor, performed at the Music@Menlo festival.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3: Movement 1 Kraftig. Entschieden
London Symphony Orchestra; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Mahler Symphony No. 3
Sony 44553
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto
Daniil Trifonov, piano; Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX
Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor 'Nicht zu schnell'
Wu Han, piano; Paul Huang, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola; David Finckel, cello
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Antonin Dvorak: Othello Overture, Op. 93
Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
Hour 2
Andrew York: Andecy
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Journey To The New World
Sony 454562
Chris Brubeck: Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra
Sharon Isbin, guitar; Maryland Symphony Orchestra; Elizabeth Schulze, conductor/Music Director
Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Maryland Theatre, Hagerstown, MD
Paul Schoenfield: Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Gloria Chien, piano
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, University of Georgia, Performing Arts Center, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Marin Marais: Chaconne
Trio Settecento: Rachel Barton Pine, baroque violin; John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba; David Schrader, harpsichord
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
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