There are those who can point to one moment in their lives and say, "That was it. That was when everything changed forever." It's likely pianist Daniil Trifonov would point to June 30, 2011, as the day he knew things would never be the same. That was the day he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition, and went from being an unknown 20-year-old music student to being a star. Trifonov plays Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto in today's show.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Peter Tchaikovsky: Prologue to Act I, from the Sleeping Beauty
The Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Matthew Locke: The Fourth Act Tune: A Martial Jigge
The Portland Baroque Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, Oregon
Mark O'Connor: F.C.'s Jig for Violin and Viola
Arnaud Sussmann, violin, Paul Neubauer, viola
OK Mozart Festival, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
George Perlman: The Dance of the Rebbitzen, from Hebrew Suite
Gil Shaham, violin, Orli Shaham, piano
92nd Street Y, New York City
Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23
Daniil Trifonov, piano, the Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Frederic Chopin: Grande Valse Brillante in E-flat, Op. 18
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Hour 2
Francisco Tarrega: Mazurka en Sol and Estudio Brillante
Norbert Kraft, guitar
Antonin Dvorak: Prague Waltzes
The Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer, conductor
Singel Concert Hall, Antwerp, Belgium
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ivan Fischer, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Perfchat: with the Parker Quartet Part II: Perfchat
Johannes Brahms: Two movements from String Quartet, Op. 51, No. 2
The Parker Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio St. Paul
Francisco Tarrega: Estudio de Tremolo, from Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
Teatro Monumental, Madrid, Spain
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