Poster Hakan Hardenberger
Hakan Hardenberger
Marco Borggreve
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Hakan Hardenberger's Christmas Story

Hakan Hardenberger's father was always late getting Christmas presents. One year - on the day before Christmas - he came across a music shop. In that shop he saw a trumpet, which he decided to buy for his 8-year-old son. Thanks to that last-minute present, young Hakan grew up to be one of the great trumpet soloists of our time. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll hear Hakan Hardenberger perform Jean Francaix's Sonatine for Trumpet and Piano.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Franz Liszt: Weihnachtsbaum, R. 71: Abendglocken (Evening Bells)
Alfred Brendel, piano
Moussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition - Alfred Brendel
Philips 420156

Franz Schubert: Sonata in a minor, D. 821, "Arpeggione"
Due Bassi Profundi: Edwin Barker, bass; David Deveau, piano
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA

The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Blane Wamsley from Albuquerque, NM

Jean Francaix: Sonatine for Trumpet and Piano
Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet; Roland Pontinen, piano
Virtuoso Trumpet
Bis 287

Hour 2

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: 4. Allegro Assai
Hilary Hahn, violin
Hilary Hahn Plays Bach
Sony Classical 62793

Anonymous: Sonata in G Major, from "Maria Lancellotti's Book of Psalms"
Komale Akakpo, hackbrett (dulcimer)
Mazovia Goes Baroque, Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw

Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (excerpts): 1. Cantata I: Chorus: Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf preiset die Tage, 8. Cantata I: Aria: Grosser Herr, o starker Konig, 9. Cantata I: Chorale: Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein, 10. Cantata II: Sinfonia, 31. Cantata III: Aria: Schliesse, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder, 36. Cantata III: Chorus reprise: Herrscher des Himmels, erhore das Lallen
Rias Chamber Chorus; Academy for Ancient Music, Berlin; Hans-Christoph Rademann, director
Konzerthaus, Berlin, Germany

Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat Major, Op. 70
Ani Kalayjian, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Strings Music Festival, Strings Music Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO

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