Menahem Pressler learned to play piano as a boy in Germany, before he and his Jewish family were chased from the country in 1939. Much later, at age 90, Pressler made his debut appearance with the Berlin Philharmonic. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear Pressler and the Berlin Philharmonic in concert playing a Mozart Concerto.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Jean Francaix: Woodwind Quintet No. 1: 2. Presto
The Dorian Quintet
Music for Winds. Works by Barber, Fine, Poulenc, Ibert, and Francaix
Vox 5083
Jean Francaix: Quintet No. 1 for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp
Sooyun Kim, flute; Kristin Lee, violin; Paul Neubauer. viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Bridget Kibbey, harp
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Jacques Ibert: Three Pieces Breves: Movements 1, 3
Mimi Stillman, flute; Samuel Nemec, oboe; JJ Koh, clarinet; Catherine Chen, bassoon; Phillip Browne, horn
Lake George Music Festival, St James Episcopal Church, Lake George, NY
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 107, "Reformation"
Academy Chamber Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Music Academy of the West, First Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara, CA
Hour 2
Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio No. 37 in d minor, Hob. XV:23: 3. Finale: Vivace
Beaux Arts Trio
Haydn: Complete Piano Trios
Philips 432 070
Osvaldo Golijov: Qohelet
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488
Menahem Pressler, piano; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Erik Satie (arr. Jeremy Cavaterra): Gymnopedie No. 1
Salastina Music Society
Thayer Hall, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
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