Every summer, Lugano, Switzerland is home to the Martha Argerich Project. For over two weeks, Argerich plays several concerts, and gets her friends to play with her. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll hear Martha Argerich and the Swiss Italian Orchestra play a brand new piece by Luis Bacalov.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Gioachino Rossini: The Barber of Seville, paraphrase on Largo al factotum
Gil Shaham, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
The Fiddler of the Opera
DG 447 640
Gioachino Rossini: Variations for Soprano Saxophone
Don Fabian, soprano saxophone; Dallas Winds; Jeffrey D. Gershman, conductor
Fair Park, Dallas, TX
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Steve Hester from Macon, GA
Luis Bacalov: Portena for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Martha Argerich, piano; Eduardo Hubert, piano; Swiss Italian Orchestra; Alexander Vedernikov, conductor
Martha Argerich Project, Congress Palace, Lugano, Switzerland
Hour 2
Peter Tchaikovsky: Russian Dance
Trio Voronezh: Sergei Teleshev, bajan; Vladimir Volochin, domra; Valerie Petruchin, double-bass balalaika
Trio Voronezh
EMI 56892
Charles Ives (arr. The Westerlies): Songs my Mother Taught Me
The Westerlies: Zubin Hensler, trumpet; Riley Mulherkar, trumpet; Andy Clausen, trombone; Willem de Koch, trombone
Second Inversion, KING FM Studios, Seattle, WA
Peter Tchaikovsky (arr. Rachmaninoff): Lullaby
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
The Cliburn, Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX
Henryk Pachulski: Suite in Memory of Peter Tchaikovsky, Op. 131
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Lukasz Borowicz, conductor
Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw, Poland
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, "Paris"
Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra; Olivier Robe, conductor
Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Romanian Radio, Bucharest, Romania
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