Pianist Jon Kimura Parker sits down with host Fred Child to talk about Mozart cadenzas. Parker throws in all sorts of musical references in his cadenzas, which is what makes them so special. And a little controversial. We'll hear him perform Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Aaron Copland: "Music for Movies"
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra with conductor Leonard Slatkin
Giovanni Kapsberger: Four-part Dance
Accademia Bizantina
The Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97 "Rhenish"
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Leonard Slatkin
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Felix Mendelssohn: Concertpiece No. 2 in D minor for Two Clarinets and Piano, Op. 114
Clarinetists Frank Kowalsky and Sean Osborn and pianist Jeremy Denk
Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Seattle, Washington
Hour 2
Brian Packham: One movement from "Cape Breton Concerto"
Flutist Chris Norman and hammered dulcimer player Ken Kolodner with Camerata Bariloche
Dmitri Shostakovich: "Polka"
The Takacs Quartet
Stoense Church, Langeland Island, Denmark
Ranaan Meyer: "Thunderstomp"
Time for Three
International Violin Competition, Indianapolis, Indiana
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Pianist Jon Kimura Parker with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Alberto Ginastera: Two Movements from Pampeana No. 1
Violinist Pablo Saravi and Camerata Bariloche
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California
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