Poster Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo
Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo
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Christina & Michelle Naughton

Christina and Michelle Naughton are identical twins. They began taking piano lessons when they were 4 years old, and one could say they took it pretty seriously. These days, they tour the world as duo piano partners. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear Christina and Michelle Naughton perform Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos, in a performance from the 2016 Grand Teton Music Festival.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Gabriel Faure: Andante (original version of Romance, Op. 69)
Steven Isserlis, cello; Francis Grier, organ
Gabriel Faure: Works for Cello
RCA 68409

Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 10, in C
Tempesta di Mare; Roberts and Richard Stone, artistic directors
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA

Frederic Chopin (arr. Steven Isserlis): Nie ma czego trzeba (Faded and vanished), Op. 74/13
Steven Isserlis, cello; Denes Varjon, piano
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Witold Lufoslawski Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw, Poland

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Op. 92: Movements 2-4
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Roberto Abbado, conductor
SPCO, Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN

Hour 2

Felix Mendelssohn: Octet: Scherzo
James Ehnes, violin; Seattle Chamber Music Society
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet
Onyx 4060

Mikhail Glinka: Kamarinskaya
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Mei Ann Chen, conductor
St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX

Maurice Ravel: Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano
James Ehnes, violin; Adam Neiman, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall Seattle, WA

Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor
Christina Naughton, piano; Michelle Naughton, piano; Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra; James Feddeck, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY

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