Pianist Andre Watts talks about how he "felt like an idiot" at the beginning of his career, jetting to concerts around the world as a teenager. And how legendary pianist and teacher Leon Fleisher helped him overcome his self-doubts. We'll hear Andre Watts in concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, playing the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Camille Saint Saens.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Christoph Willibald Gluck: Two Pantomimes from "Orpheus and Euridice"
The San Francisco Opera Orchestra with conductor Donald Runnicles
Ernst von Dohnanyi: Concert Etude No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 28
Pianist Roberto Plano
Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Viktor Uzur: "Carpathian Kolo"
The Richter Uzur Duo
Appalachian State University Recital Hall, Boone, North Carolina
Josip Stolcer Slavenski: "A Mocking Song"
The Sebastian String Quartet
Vatroslav Lisinski Hall, Zagreb, Croatia
Tomas Luis de Victoria: "Vadam et Circuibo"
Stile Antico
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with conductor Donald Runnicles
City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland
Hour 2
Edward MacDowell: Second movement from Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 23
Pianist Andre Watts with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andrew Litton
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sarabande from Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013
Flutist Tom Ottar Andreassen
Oslo Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
Frederic Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp Minor
Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout
International Chopin Festival, Warsaw, Poland
George Frideric Handel: Passacaglia
Harpist Ion Ivan Roncea
Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest, Romania
"New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher": New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher
Quincy Porter: Fourth movement from Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Violist Eliesha Nelson with the Northwest Sinfonia and conductor John McLaughlin Williams
Camille Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2
Pianist Andre Watts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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