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Pianist Alim Beisembayev
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Alim Beisembayev

Performance Today - October 31, 2024

Winning a music competition often means winning cash prizes and publicity galore. Pianist Alim Beisembayev also won the chance to perform the world premiere of a new piece. He'll play a brand piano concerto by Eleanor Alberga on today's show.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Antonio Salieri: Parade March for Wind Ensemble
Italiano di Fiati | Marcus Creed, conductor
Album: Antonio Salieri: Musica per Harmonie
Tactus

Clarice Assad: The Book of Spells
The Merian Ensemble
Emory University, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Atlanta, GA

Antonio Salieri: Overture to "La grotta di Trofonio"
Basel Chamber Orchestra | Giovanni Antonini, conductor
EBU, Mozarteum, Grand Hall, Salzburg, Austria

Eleanor Alberga: Piano Concerto (World Premiere)
Alim Beisembayev, piano | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Domingo Hindoyan, conductor
EBU, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England

Hour 2

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in C minor Movement 3 Finale Prestissimo
Paul Lewis, piano
Album: Beethoven #4 - Paul Lewis
Harmoni Mundi 901909

Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. Jonathan Posthuma: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Abel Selaocoe, cello | Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
SPCO, Saint Paul's United Church of Christ, Saint Paul, MN

Henri Tomasi: Cinq danses profanes et sacrees
Alexa Still, flute | Andy Parker, oboe | Drew Pattison, bassoon | Jonathan Gunn, clarinet | Maura McCune Corvington, french horn
Round Top International Festival, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX

Joel Love: In Memoriam
Kenari Saxophone Quartet
Beaches Fine Arts Series, St. Paul's By the Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL

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