On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes play Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, from a concert celebrating conductor Gustavo Dudamel's 10th anniversary with the LA Phil.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatina in c minor, WoO 43, No. 1
Lajos Mayer, mandolin; Imre Rohmann, piano
Beethoven Rarities
Hungaroton 12303
Isaac Albeniz: Torre Bermeja, Op. 92
Celil Refik Kaya, guitar
Round Top Guitar Festival, Round Top Festival Institute Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, music director
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Sapo Perapaskero: Turceasca
Lark Quartet; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
Brooklyn Public Library Chamber Players Concert Series, S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture, Central Branch, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak: Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B 150: 2. Allegro maestoso; III. Allegro appassionato
Gil Shaham, violin, Orli Shaham
Dvorak for Two: Gil Shaham & Orli Shaham
DG 449820
Traditional Irish (arr. Kyle Dawkins): The Road to Lisdoonvarna
Georgia Guitar Quartet: Kyle Dawkins, guitar; Brian Smith, guitar; Phil Snyder, guitar; Jason Solomon, guitar
Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC
Paul Schoenfield: Refractions: 1. Toccata; 4. Tarantella
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Utsey Chamber Series, Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Antonin Dvorak: Serenade for Winds, Op. 44
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, music director
Royce Hall, Westwood, CA
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