Throughout this school year Performance Today been featuring some of the most talented young musicians from conservatories and schools of music around the country. On Monday, we welcome our new Young Artist in Residence: violinist Timothy Kantor. He'll perform in the studio every day this week, starting on Monday with a sonata by Felix Mendelssohn.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Alexander Borodin: Scherzo from String Quartet No. 2 in D Major
The Emerson String Quartet
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano
Van Cliburn Piano Competition 2009; Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat Major, K. 589 - (Excerpt; first two movements only)
Emerson String Quartet
Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, WQXR Studios, New York City
Richard Wagner: Wotan's Farewell, from Die Walkure; Magic Fire Music from Die Walkure
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California
Hour 2
Edvard Grieg: From Early Years (from Six Lyric Pieces, Op. 65)
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Richard Wagner: Lohengrin, Act 1: Prelude
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
PT Young Artist-in-Residence: Timothy Kantor, violin
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F Major - I. Allegro vivace
Timothy Kantor, violin; Clare Longendyke, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40
New Century Chamber Orchestra; Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, music director
Osher Martin Jewish Community Center, San Rafael, CA
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