Ukrainian pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk saw everything slip away in an instant seven years ago, when a car crash led to a month-long coma. Gavrylyuk has fully recovered from that accident, and his playing is more powerful and poetic than ever. We'll hear him play Chopin and Scriabin Etudes in concert in Miami. And another musician who has come back from a potentially devastating injury: violinist Peter Oundjian lost full use of his left hand due to a repetitive stress disorder. So he took up conducting. Today he'll lead the Toronto Symphony in excerpts from Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
George Gershwin: Prelude No. 1
The Eroica Trio
Tomaso Albinoni: Concerto in B-flat for Trumpet and Strings, Op. 7, No. 3
David Washburn, trumpet, with musicians from Music@Menlo
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in B-flat for Violin, Cello and Strings, RV 537
Violinist Ani Kavafian and cellist David Finckel with musicians from Music@Menlo
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
Franz Schubert: Two Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935
Pianist David Jalbert
Montreal Chamber Music Festival, Montreal, Canada
George Gershwin: Cuban Overture
The Munich Philharmonic with conductor James Levine
Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany
Hour 2
Frederic Chopin: Grande Valse in A-flat, Op. 42
Pianist Geza Anda
Salamone Rossi: Sonata No. 4 for Two Violins, Cello, and Harpsichord
Violinists Arnaud Sussmann and Erin Keefe, cellist Laurence Lesser, and harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
Frederic Chopin: Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7
Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk
Miami International Piano Festival, Miami Beach
Alexander Scriabin: Etude in D-sharp Minor, Op. 8, No. 12
Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk
Miami International Piano Festival, Miami Beach
Anton Bruckner: Scherzo and Finale from Symphony No. 4
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra with conductor Peter Oundjian
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada
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