When he was 17 years old, pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk was in a terrible car accident: part of his skull was crushed and he was in a coma. Now he's fully recovered and back on the concert scene, and on Tuesday's Performance Today we'll hear from a recent concert he gave in Fort Lauderdale.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Running Set
Bournemouth Sinfonietta; George Hurst, conductor
Aaron Copland: El Salon Mexico
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D Major, Hob. I:104, "London": Movements 1, 3, 4
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Manuel de Falla (arr. Stephanie Chase): Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas
American String Project; Stephanie Chase, leader
Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Hour 2
Eugene Ysaye: Sonata No. 5 in G major, Op. 27, No. 5: 2. Danse rustique
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
Obsession
EMI 55255
Gabriel Faure: String Quartet in e minor, Op. 121
Ysaye Quartet
San Antonio Chamber Music Society, Temple Beth-El, San Antonio, TX
Mily Balakirev: Islamey, Oriental Fantasy
Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano
Miami International Piano Festival, Amaturo Theater, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Fantasia, for Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra
Simon Diricq, soprano saxophone; Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; John Neschling, conductor
Philharmonic Hall, Liege, Belgium
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