Peter Tchaikovsky didn't like many other composers, but he loved Mozart. He once said, "It was... Mozart who inspired my first efforts, and made me love music above anything else in this world." On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear Tchaikovsky's homage to Mozart, a piece called "Mozartiana," from a concert in Warsaw, Poland.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Peter Tchaikovsky (arr. Walter Wollenweber): Nocturne
Sol Gabetta, cello; Munich Radio Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor
Sol Gabetta plays Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens and Ginastera
RCA 675951
Hooshyar Khayam: Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano
Todd Palmer, clarinet; Stephen Prutsman, piano
Spoleto Festival USA Chamber Music Series, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 in G Major, Op. 61, "Mozartiana"
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Lukasz Borowicz, conductor
Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw, Poland
Camille Saint-Saens: Tarantella for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano in a minor, Op. 6
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Todd Palmer, clarinet; Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Spoleto Festival USA Chamber Music Series, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Hour 2
Richard Wagner: Magic Fire Music from Die Walkure
The Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
Wagner Without Words
Sony 46286
Ottorino Respighi: Gli Uccelli (The Birds)
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, music director
Royce Hall, Westwood, CA
Francisco Tarrega: Gran jota de Aragonesa for Guitar
Pepe Romero, guitar
92nd Street Y, Theresa L. Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York, NY
Richard Wagner: Overture to Rienzi
Academy Festival Orchestra; James Gaffigan, conductor
Music Academy of the West, The Granada Theatre, Santa Barbara,CA
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Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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