The Prague Chamber Philharmonic crosses the border to perform one of the great violin concertos in Zilina, Slovakia. Handling the soloing duties is the talented 29-year-old Hungarian violinist, Barnabas Kelemen, who is currently playing one of the world's great violins, a 1742 Guarneri.
A long-lost gem from Haydn's pen was found in a Prague museum in 1961, and has been a staple of the repertoire for cello soloists ever since. Alban Gerhardt gives it a fiery performance at Los Angeles' Disney Hall, one that pulses with energy and excitement.
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2 Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy
John Knowles Paine: Funeral March in Memory of President Lincoln, Op. 9 Pianist Denver Oldham
Georges Bizet: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetee" from "Carmen" Tenor Jonas Kaufmann with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Marco Armiliato
Ludwig van Beethoven: Third movement from Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 The Minnesota Orchestra with conductor Osmo Vanska
Richard Rodgers: "My Romance" from "Jumbo" Oboist Suzanne Lemieux with Symphony Nova Scotia and conductor Howard Cable
George Frideric Handel: Overture and Sinfonia to Act III from "Serse" The Hanover Band with conductor Nicholas McGegan
The Calder Quartet plays some Philip Glass before one of the most exhilarating works in the classical canon - Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony - is performed in Prague by Pavel Safarik and the Prague Chamber Orchestra. Alain Altinoglu leads the French National Orchestra in a Chausson symphony in Paris. And pianist Claude Frank plays Bach.
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