It was the shock heard around the world. Well, around the *classical* music world anyway. This June, 26 year-old Italian pianist Alessandro Deljavan, an audience favorite, was eliminated after the semi-final round of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll hear from Deljavan's final concert at Van Cliburn competition and find out how a pianist picks himself up, and tries again.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony in C Major, Hob. 1: 48 "Maria Theresia" - IV. Finale: Allegro
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Haydn Symphonies Nr.. 48 & 49
DG 419607
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069 - 1. Ouverture, 2. Bourree I & II, 3. Gavotte, 4. Minuet I & II, 5. Rejouissance
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Laurence Cummings, conductor
Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Rainer Klauss from Madison, AL
Franz Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D. 810 ('Death and the Maiden') - 2. Andante con moto (theme and variations)
Julia Fischer, violin; Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin; Nils Monkemeyer, viola; Benjamin Nyffenegger, cello
Rococo Theatre, Schwetzingen, Germany Schwetzingen Festival
Hour 2
Christoph Willibald Gluck (arr. Wilhelm Kempff): Ballet Music and Reigen der seligen Geister from Orpheus and Eurydice
Idil Biret, piano
Marco Polo 223452
Samuel Barber (trans. Frank. M. Hudson): Medea's Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a
United States Marine Band; Major Jason K. Fettig, conductor
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony 41 "Jupiter" K 551 - 4. Molto Allegro
Bellingham Festival Orchestra; Michael Palmer, conductor
Bellingham Festival of Music; Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA
Robert Schumann: Fantasie in C Major - 1. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton, 2. Massig. Durchause energisch, 3. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten.
Alessandro Deljavan, piano
Van Cliburn Competition; Bass Performance Hall, Forth Worth, TX
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