Pianist Richard Goode is 71 years old; conductor Herbert Blomstedt is 87. Recently, they pooled their 158 years of experience together for concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear their commanding performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Kenji Bunch: String Circle No. 1
ETHEL with Kenji Bunch, viola
ETHEL: Heavy
Innova 820
Josef Suk: Elegie, Op. 23
Eroica Trio
Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Kenji Bunch: Velocity
Emma Resmini, flute; Bora Lee, piano
New York Flute Club, Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York, NY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K. 595
Richard Goode, piano; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Hour 2
Gustav Holst: Second Suite in F, Op. 28, No. 2: 1. March
Cleveland Symphonic Winds; Frederick Fennell, conductor
Holst, Handel, Bach / Fennell, Cleveland Symphonic Winds
Telarc 80038
Federico Moreno Torroba: Estampas
Beijing Guitar Duo; Manuel Barrueco, guitar
92nd St Y, Theresa L. Kaufman Concert Hall, New York, NY
Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony for String Orchestra No. 4
Sphinx Virtuosi
St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
Gustav Holst: St. Paul's Suite for String Orchestra, Op. 29, No. 2
Angel Fire Strings
Music from Angel Fire, Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM
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