Rudolf Buchbinder grew up in a house with a piano, despite the fact that no one in his family played music. That piano became a source of inspiration for Buchbinder, who has grown up to have a tremendous career as a pianist. We'll hear him play Beethoven on Monday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 9 in B Major, Op. 72
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
Weekend Classics - Hungarian Dances, Slavonic Dances
London/Decca 417696
Leo Delibes: Pizzicati, from Sylvia
Vienna Philharmonic; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Musikverein, Vienna
New Year's Concert 2014
Sony Classical 88843015642
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
Vienna Philharmonic; Rudolf Buchbinder, piano and conductor
Musikverein, Vienna
Beethoven: The Piano Concertos
Sony Classical 88883745212
John Williams: Imperial March, from Star Wars
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Gardens, Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria
Summer Night Concert, Schonbrunn 2010. Moon, Planets, Stars
Hour 2
Johann Sebastian Bach (trans. Victoria Drake): Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012, transcribed for harp in D-flat Major : 6. Gigue
Victoria Drake, harp
From the Bach Notebook of Harpist Victoria Drake
Well Tempered Productions 5193
Ludwig van Beethoven: Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 103: 3. Menuetto; 4. Finale: Presto
Chicago Chamber Musicians
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, IL
Pablo Casals: Song of the Birds for Cello and Organ
Desmond Hoebig, cello; Gregory D'Agostino, organ
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA
Georg Philipp Telemann: Gulliver Suite
Geoff Nuttall and Barry Shiffman, violins
Music@Menlo, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA
Francesco Mancini: Sonata No. 6 in d minor: 2. Allegro
Rebel Ensemble
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN
Georg Philipp Telemann: Musique de table, Part I: Quartet in A Major, TWV 43:A7: 3. Aria - Menuet
Rebel Ensemble
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN
Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY
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