Rudolf Buchbinder grew up in a house with a piano, despite the fact that no one in his family played music. But that piano became a source of inspiration for Buchbinder, who has grown up to have a tremendous career as a pianist. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear him play music by Beethoven.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos in d minor, FP 61
Martha Argerich, piano; Alexander Gurning, piano; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Erasmo Capilla, conductor
Martha Argerich: Lugano Concertos
DG 477 9884
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante and Five Variations in G for piano four hands, K. 501
Martha Argerich, piano; Alexander Gurning, piano
Martha Argerich: Lugano Concertos
DG 477 9884
Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo in A minor, Op. 81, No. 2
Pacifica Quartet
Music@Menlo, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in f-sharp major, Op. 78
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
Semperoper, Dresden, Germany
Beethoven: The Sonata Legacy
RCA 87510
Hour 2
Jean-Baptiste Singelee: Premier Quatuor, Op. 53: 5. Allegretto
Washington Saxophone Quartet
Wolf Trap Foundation, The Barns at Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA
Peter Tchaikovsky: Trio for violin, cello and piano in A minor, Op. 50: 2. Theme and Variations
Andrew Wan, violin; Julie Albers, cello; Adam Neiman, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Alberto Ginastera: Dances from the ballet Estancia, Op. 8
New York Philharmonic; David Robertson, conductor
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, NY
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