Poster Violinist Alina Pogostkina
Violinist Alina Pogostkina
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Remarkable Concert Violinist Alina Pogostkina

In 1992, Alina Pogostkina and her family moved from the recently collapsed Soviet Union to Heidelberg, Germany. They were broke so her family survived by playing music together on the streets. Twenty years later, Alina is a remarkable concert violinist. We'll hear her recent performance of the Korngold Violin Concerto in Belgium. On Monday's Performance Today, from APM.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Lyun Joon Kim/Roxanna Panufnik: Korean Elegy
Han-Na Chang, cello; Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conductor
The Swan: Classic Works for Cello and Orchestra
EMI 57052

Robert Schumann: Overture, Scherzo, and Finale in E, Op. 52
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Heinz Holliger, conductor
Metropole Hall, Lausanne, Switzerland

Gioachino Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture
Nashville Symphony; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Laura Turner Concert Hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN

Tan Dun (arr. Manuel Barrueco): Eight Memories in Watercolor: 1. Missing Moon, 2. Staccato Beans, 3. Herdboy's Song, 4. Blue Nun, 5. Red Wilderness 6. Ancient Burial, 7. Floating Clouds, 8. Sunrain
Mauneul Barrueco and the Beijing Guitar Duo
92nd St Y, Theresa L. Kaufman Concert Hall, New York City, NY

Hour 2

Erich Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood (from Robin Hood and His Merry Men)
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
Sony 62788

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Franz Liszt): Fantasia and Fugue in g minor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Theresa L. Kaufmann Hall, 92nd Street Y, New York City, NY

Valerie Coleman: Red Clay and Mississippi Delta
Imani Winds
Music from Angel Fire, Ilfeld Auditorium, Las Vegas, NM

Erich Korngold: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Alina Pogostkina, violin; Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Domingo Hindoyan, conductor
Philharmonic Hall, Liege, Belgium

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