Poster Composer Antonin Dvorak
Composer Antonin Dvorak
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Dvorak's Cello Concerto

Dvorak wrote his Cello Concerto for a good friend, a cellist named Hans Wihan. Wihan tried to make a few changes... he said he was "improving" Dvorak's piece. Similar alterations have been made to well-known works, some without the composer's knowledge at all. Dvorak refused to allow this to happen. On Monday's Performance Today, hear Antonin Dvorak's Cello Concerto as he wrote it, in a concert from Heidelberg, Germany.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Paul Taffanel: Sicilienne Etude Op. 7
Toke Lund Christiansen, flute; Per Salo, piano
La Flute Parisienne
Kontrapunkt 32186

Paul Taffanel: Wind Quintet in G minor
JooYon Chung, flute; Linnea Rowley, oboe; Rosario Galante, clarinet; Randy Fultz, bassoon; Connor Monday, horn
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX

Nicholas Walker: Paris Skies
Nicholas Walker, double bass; Elizabeth Simkin, cello
New Directions Cello Festival, Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ithaca College School of Music, Ithaca, NY

Peter Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin, Op. 35: Movement 2-3
Chloe Hanslip, violin; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo NY
BPO Live BRAHMS TCHAIKOVSKY
Beau Fleuve Records 610708-095002

Hour 2

Antonin Dvorak (arr. Fritz Kreisler): Sonatina for violin and piano, Op. 100
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Patricia Zander, piano
Kreisler, Paganini: Works
Sony 37280

Franz Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole (Spanish Rhapsody), S.254, R.90
Jenny Chen, piano
Tippet Rise, LLC, The Olivier Music Barn, Fishtail, MT

Antonin Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104: Movement 2 & 3
Daniel Muller-Schott, cello; SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg; Tito Munoz, conductor
20th Heidelberg Spring Festival, Congress House, Stadthalle, Heidelberg, Germany

George Gershwin: Porgy & Bess Medley
Canadian Brass
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA

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