Pianist Martha Argerich has a devoted following; fans who will literally follow her from one concert to another. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll take you to a concert in Switzerland to hear her perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Frederic Chopin: Preludes Op. 28: No. 13 in F-sharp Major; No. 21 in B Major
Martha Argerich, piano
Music of the Night
Deutsche Grammophon 457992
John Jenkins: Antimasque
Seven Times Salt: Matthew Wright, lute; Karen Burciaga, violin; Josh Schreiber, viola da gamba; Daniel Meyers, recorder
Fraser Performance Studio, WGBH, Boston, MA
George Enescu: Cantabile e Presto
Paula Robison, flute; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
Martha Argerich, piano; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky, conductor
Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano, Switzerland
DG 4779884
Hour 2
Silvius Leopold Weiss: Concerto for Lute and Flute in F major, SC 9
Members of Tempesta di Mare: Gwyn Roberts, flute; Richard Stone, lute
Weiss: Lute Concertos / Stone, Tempesta Di Mare
Chandos 707
Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio in G Major, H.XV.25: 4. Finale "Gypsy Rondo"
OPUS ONE: Ida Kavafian, violin; Peter Wiley, cello; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Full Measure: Music from Saint Paul Sunday
MPR 204
Mark O'Connor: March of the Gypsy Fiddler
The Ahn Trio: Angella Ahn, violin; Maria Ahn, cello; Lucia Ahn, piano; ProMusica Chamber Orchestra; Timothy Russell, conductor
Southern Theatre, Columbus, OH
Resounding: Four World Premieres
Summit 576
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto in D Major, FWV L:D8
Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts & Richard Stone, artistic directors
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in g minor: 3. Andante
Jamie Walton, cello; Daniel Grimwood, piano
Wigmore Hall, London, England
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