When Jeremy Denk plays a Mozart Piano Concerto, he never repeats a melody the same way. He likes to add flourishes as he goes. On Monday's PT, we'll hear Jeremy Denk improvising his way through Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: 3. Corrente
Jeremy Denk, piano
Jeremy Denk J.S. Bach
Azica 71262
Wilhelm Stenhammar: Mellanspel ur Sangen, Op. 44
Baltic Sea Youth Orchestra; Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Warsaw, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Mary Lou Williams (arr. David Milne): Zodiac Suite: 1. Taurus; 2. Scorpio; 3. Gemini
The Ancia Saxophone Quartet
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
Jeremy Denk, director and piano; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
The Ordway Center for Performing Arts, Saint Paul, MN
Hour 2
Dmitri Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugue No. 21 in B flat major
Jenny Lin, piano
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues
Hanssler 98530
Federico Mompou: Angelico, from Musica Callada
Remy von Kesteren, harp; Eric Vloeimans, trumpet
Alicia de Larrocha Hall, L'Auditori, Barcelona, Spain
Remy van Kesteren: When the Leaves Turn
Remy von Kesteren, harp; Eric Vloeimans, trumpet
Alicia de Larrocha Hall, L'Auditori, Barcelona, Spain
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7, Op. 108
Steven Copes, violin; Brandon Garbot, violin; Caitlin Lynch, viola; Ray Kim, cello
Festival Mozaic, Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40: Movements 5, 6
Orchestre de Paris; Daniel Harding, conductor
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
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