Ray Chen is a violinist. He's only 24 years old, but already he has played some big big concerts. Nothing, though, compared to the concert he played this past winter in Stockholm. It was the annual Nobel Prize concert. "For me, this has been the most special concert in my life yet, " Chen said. "To play for these Nobel Prize Laureates, that is truly inspiring." We'll hear Chen's inspired performance of Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic on Thursday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Max Bruch: Scherzo from Septet (1849)
Bronx Arts Ensemble
Franz Schubert: Andantino in B flat, from 'Rosamunde, Op. 26, D. 797'
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Christian Zacharias, conductor
Metropole Hall, Lausanne, Switzerland
Pat Metheny, arr. Rick Parrell: In Her Family
Washington Saxophone Quartet: Reg Jackson, soprano saxophone; James Steele, alto saxophone; Rich Kleinfledt, tenor saxophone; Rick Parrell, baritone saxophone
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Pat Metheny, arr. Jason Vieaux: Five Songs in Baroque Style - 4. Gavotte and Double "Question and Answer", 5. Gigue "James"
Jason Vieaux, guitar
Spivey Hall, Morrow, GA
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26
Ray Chen, Violin; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden
Hour 2
Paul Hindemith: Marsch from Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of C. M. von Weber
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante in F Major, K. 616
Andreas Borregaard, accordion; Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio
Concert Studio, Warsaw
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 - I. Allegro (encore)
Various festival musicians; 8 vlns, 3 vlas, 3 cellos, 1 bass; no conductor
Montreal Chamber Music Festival Mozart Marathon, Saint James Church, Montreal, Canada
PT Young Artist-in-Residence: Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Gyorgy Ligeti: Sonata for Solo Cello - I. Dialogo, II. Capriccio
Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN
Franz Liszt: Mazeppa, Symphony Poem No. 6, S100/R417
Berlin Philharmonic; Christian Thielemann, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin
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