On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll take you to a concert in New York City to hear pianist Emanuel Ax and the New York Philharmonic play Brahms' dramatic Piano Concerto No. 2. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins us with this week's Piano Puzzler.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Felix Mendelssohn: Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), Op. 26
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; David Danzmayr, conductor
St. John the Divine, Houston, TX
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Katherine Oxnard Ellis, from Savannah, GA
Johannes Brahms: Nanie, Op. 82
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Hour 2
Louis Spohr: Fantasia and Variations on a Theme by Danzi for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 81
Todd Palmer, clarinet; Livia Sohn and Geoff Nuttall, violins; Benjamin Beilman, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Anthony Manze, double bass
Bank of America's Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83: Movements 2-4
Emanuel Ax, piano; New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Herman Hupfeld: As Time Goes By
Sean Lee, violin; Peter Dugan, piano
The Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, The Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach, FL
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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.
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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