This spring, the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels featured a dozen pianists in the final round; Lukas Vondracek was the winner. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear his dazzling final round performance of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Dietrich Buxtehude (orch. Carlos Chavez): Ciacona in b minor, BuxWV 160
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Concert Hall, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Andre Caplet: Deux Divertissements for solo harp
Franziska Huhn, harp
Rockport Music Festival, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30: Movements 2, 3
Lukas Vondracek, piano; National Orchestra of Belgium; Marin Alsop, conductor
Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, Salle Henri Le Boeuf, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Hour 2
Jason Krug: Exultate
Purdue Bells; Rhonda Blacklock, conductor
Area V Handbell Musicians of America, Dayton Convention Center, Dayton, OH
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Sinfonia in F, F. 67, for strings and basso continuo
Concerto Copenhagen; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, conductor
Garrison Church, Copenhagen, Denmark
Felix Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58
David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano
Rockport Music Festival, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
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