Poster Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Saverio dalla Rosa: portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, aged 14 (January 1770).
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April 1, 2015: Child prodigies

On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll go to Symphony Hall in Boston to hear James Levine conduct the Boston Symphony in Mozart's Symphony No. 23. And speaking of child prodigies, we'll also meet our newest PT Young Artist in Residence; Coco Wieprecht joins us in the studio as our first ever Young Artist born in the 21st century.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to Der Schauspieldirektor
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
Mozart Overtures
Virgin 63284

Marcel Tournier: Suite for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp, Op. 34
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
Music@Menlo, Menlo School, San Francisco Bay Area

The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Alan Fletcher from Aspen, CO

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 20 in D, K. 133
Boston Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA

Hour 2

Leos Janacek: In the Mists: 1. Andante
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Janacek: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 - In the Mists
Virgin 91222

Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dances from Opus 46 & 72
Bellingham Festival Orchestra; Michael Palmer, conductor
Bellingham Festival of Music, Mt. Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA

Vincent Persichetti: Serenade No. 12, Op. 88: 1. Intrada; 2. Arietta; 4. Capriccio
Coco Wieprecht, tuba
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN

Leos Janacek: Taras Bulba
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor
Gergiev Festival, De Doelen, Potterdam, Netherlands

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