Pianist Martha Argerich has a devoted following; fans who will literally follow her from one concert to another. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll take you to a concert in Switzerland to hear her play Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Silvius Leopold Weiss: Concerto for Lute and Flute in F Major
Tempesta di Mare
Weiss: Lute Concertos / Stone, Tempesta Di Mare
Chandos 707
Joseph Haydn: Trio in G Major, H.XV.25: 4. Finale, "Gypsy Rondo"
Opus One
Saint Paul Sunday, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Full Measure: Music from Saint Paul Sunday
MPR 204
Mark O'Connor: March of the Gypsy Fiddler
The Ahn Trio; ProMusica Chamber Orchestra; Timothy Russell, conductor
Southern Theatre, Columbus, OH
Resounding: Four World Premieres
Summit 576
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto in D Major, FWV L:D8
Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts & Richard Stone, artistic directors
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in g minor: 3. Andante
Jamie Walton, cello; Daniel Grimwood, piano
Wigmore Hall, London, England
Hour 2
Frederic Chopin: Preludes Op. 28, No. 13 in F-sharp Major & No. 21 in B Major
Martha Argerich, piano
Music of the Night
Deutsche Grammophon 457992
John Jenkins: Antimasque
Seven Times Salt
Fraser Performance Studio, WGBH, Boston, MA
Georges Enesco: Cantabile e Presto
Paula Robison, flute; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, op. 15
Martha Argerich, piano; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky, conductor
Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano, Switzerland
Martha Argerich: Lugano Concertos
DG 477 9884
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