Ferruccio Busoni's Piano Concerto is a massive, ambitious piece of music for full orchestra, 48 male singers, and a really, really good pianist. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear it from a concert in Warsaw, featuring Garrick Ohlsson and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Peter Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile, from String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11
Johannes Moser, cello; Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Fabien Gabel, conductor
Salle Louis-Frechette, Grand Theatre, Quebec, Canada
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Gary Hoffman from Ketchum, ID
Max Bruch: String Octet in B flat major, Op. posth
Scott Yoo, violin; Mark Chien, violin; Stefan Hersh, violin; Mary Grace Johnson, violin; Virginia Barron, viola; Emily Brandenburg, viola; Ray Kim, cello; Rachel Calin, bass
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
Hour 2
Samuel Barber: Adagio from String Quartet, Op. 11
Italian Saxophone Quartet
Beaches Fine Arts Jacksonville, St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
Ferruccio Busoni: Concerto for Piano, Orchestra and Male Choir, Op. 39: Movements 4-5
Garrick Ohlsson, piano; Warsaw Phiharmonic Orchestra; Wojciech Rajski, conductor
Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition, Concert Hall, Philharmonic, Warsaw, Poland
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 102/1
Truls Mork, cello; Jan Lisiecki, piano
Verbier Festival, Verbier Church, Verbier, Switzerland
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