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We're celebrating the 70th birthday of Keith Jarrett. He's legendary as a jazz pianist, and over the course of his 50 year career, Keith Jarrett has made some remarkable classical recordings as well. We'll hear him improvise and play Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 3.
On Thursday's Performance Today, Fred Child is joined by a special co-host --violinist Hilary Hahn. Since her professional debut at age 16, Hilary Hahn has been counted as one of the very best classical violinists in the world. She's curated a special playlist for PT listeners that includes performances that influenced her as a young violinist and ones that she admires today.
Composer Bruce Adolphe joins us with this week's Piano Puzzler. We'll hear members of the Vienna Philharmonic literally getting up and walking away as they play Haydn's Farewell Symphony. And it's off to Warsaw, Poland for a set of Chopin Mazurkas played as folk music. Tune in to today's show to hear it all.
Beethoven wrote his Piano Concerto No. 1 when he was living in Vienna. We'll hear it from a concert IN Vienna. Played by an orchestra that was founded to play music by Beethoven. Rudolf Buchbinder at the piano, and conducting the Vienna Philharmonic, on today's show.
Edvard Grieg was 44 years old when he wrote his Violin Sonata No. 3. He was at a point in his life when he was, in his words, "turning toward wider horizons." We'll hear Grieg's violin sontata from a concert at the Virginia Arts Festival, plus the many moods of the Symphony No. 2 by Sibelius. That's all coming up on today's show.
Violinist Gil Shaham has been going to the Aspen Music Festival since he was ten; he was a student there, he met his wife there, and now he goes back every summer for the fresh mountain air and to play music. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear Gil Shaham and the Aspen Festival Orchestra play music by Bach.
Violinist Gil Shaham has been going to the Aspen Music Festival since he was ten; he was a student there, he met his wife there, and now he goes back every summer for the fresh mountain air and to play music. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear Gil Shaham and the Aspen Festival Orchestra play music by Bach.
Pianist Richard Goode is 71 years old; conductor Herbert Blomstedt is 87. Recently, they pooled their 158 years of experience together for concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear their commanding performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27.
Every week, composer Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a great composer; we then get one of our listeners on the phone who tries to name the composer and the hidden tune. This week, however, our Piano Puzzler has a twist. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll have two callers on the line -- a lovely couple from New York City.
