Joshua Bell and Steven Isserlis are classical superstars. But when they wanted a pianist for a European tour, they decided to choose a pianist whose playing they loved, but who isn't famous - yet. His name is Denes Varjon, and on Monday's Performance Today we'll hear Bell, Isserlis, and Varjon play a Chopin piano trio in concert in Poland.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Peter Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa: Cossack Dance
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Erich Kunzel, conductor
David Maslanka: Give Us This Day: Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble
St. Olaf College Band; Timothy Mahr, conductor
Skoglund Auditorium, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Sergei Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jacques Lacombe, conductor
Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Polka de W.R.
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
The Cliburn, Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX
Moritz Moszkowski: Etincelles, Op. 36, No. 6
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
The Cliburn, Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX
Hour 2
Franz Schubert: Six Moments Musicaux, D. 780: 4. Moderato
Shai Wosner, piano
The Frederic Chopin Society, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV 996
Jason Vieaux, guitar
Classical KING FM's Northwest Focus LIVE, Seattle, WA
Frederic Chopin: Piano Trio in g minor, Op. 8
Joshua Bell, violin; Steven Isserlis, cello; Denes Varjon, piano
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Pablo de Sarasate (trans. Thomas Knox): Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
SSgt Jonathan Bisesi, xylophone; United States Marine Band; Colonel Michael J. Colburn, conductor
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
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