Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2
Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vittorio Monti: "Csardas"
Violinist Maxim Vengerov with Virtuosi and pianist Vag Papian
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40
Pianist Stephen Hough with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andrew Litton
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
Stephen Reynolds: "Chanson d'Automne" from "Two Poems in Homage to Faure"
Pianist Stephen Hough
Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo and Finale from Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66
Pianist Nicholas Angelich, violinist Renaud Capucon, and cellist Gautier Capucon
Lugano Festival, Lugano, Switzerland
Hour 2
Frank Martin: "Fox Trot"
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Hugh Wolff
Camille Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Piano, Op. 28
Violinist Chee-Yun and pianist Wendy Chen
Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Cornelis Schuyt: Pavane and Galliard
The Royal Wind Music with conductor Paul Leenhouts
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in A, Op. 90, ("Italian")
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Ordway Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
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