On Friday's Performance Today, we'll go to Tokyo to hear legendary pianist Murray Perahia and the London Symphony Orchestra give a thrilling performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Heitor Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No. 6 Movement 2: Allegretto
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Villa-Lobos: String Quartets, Vol. 1
DORIAN 90205
Mike Marshall and Chris Thile: Tanja
Chris Thile, mandolin; Mike Marshall, mandolin
Savannah Music Festival, Charles H. Morris Center, Savannah, GA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58
Murray Perahia, piano; London Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
NHK Music Festival, NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Francisco Mignone: Three Spanish Songs
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
The Flagler Museum Music Series, The Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL
Hour 2
Igor Stravinsky: Scherzo a la russe
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Stravinsky Symphony in E-flat, The Firebird
DG 453434
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in F Major, K. 138
Calidore String Quartet
The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL
Timo Andres: Trade Winds
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble; Donald Crockett, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka: Movements 5-9
Eric Huebner, piano; New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
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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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