It was a piece born of anguish, and nearly destroyed by anguish. In today's show, the story of 1.X.1905, a remarkable piano sonata by Leos Janacek. Janacek wrote it to protest the death of a student, and for unknown reasons, tried to destroy it when it was finished. PT Young Artist in Residence Charlie Albright is back in the studios today to perform it.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
John Ireland: Cavatina for Violin and Piano
Ani Kavafian, violin, Amy Yang, piano
OK Mozart Festival, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cavatina, from String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 130
The St. Lawrence String Quartet
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Fran Bold from Las Cruces, New Mexico
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Hour 2
Leos Janacek: Adagio from String Quartet No. 1 (Kreutzer Sonata)
The Juilliard String Quartet
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Two movements from Sonata in B-flat, FK 50
Tempesta di Mare
Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia
Fritz Kreisler: Grave in the Style of W. F. Bach
Gil Morgenstern, violin, Donald Berman, piano
Rubin Museum of Art, New York City
PT Young Artist in Residence: Charlie Albright, piano
Leos Janacek: Sonata 1.X.1905
Charlie Albright, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Robert Manno: Three Scenes from the Mountains
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute, Alan R. Kay, clarinet, the Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra, Robert Manno, conductor
Doctorow Center for the Arts, Hunter, New York
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