In a recent concert in Vienna, pianist Yefim Bronfman was set to perform Bartok's Piano Concert No. 3. There was only one problem; he'd just gotten a bad cut on his finger. A consummate professional, he insisted on going through with the performance, despite the pain and inevitable bloodshed. On Wednesday's PT, we'll hear Bronfman give a much less bloody performance of that same piece.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for glass harmonica
John Williams, guitar
Mozart Makes You Smarter
Sony 66245
John Woolrich: Ulysses Awakes
Maiya Papach, viola; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christian Zacharias, conductor
Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, MN
SPCO Live 141017
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Genevieve Wild from Quakertown, PA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat Major, K. 452
Ben Hausmann, oboe; Sean Osborn, clarinet; Seth Krimsky, bassoon; Jeffrey Fair, French horn; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Hour 2
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major Op.25: Movement 1
London Symphony Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor
The Complete Symphonies
Philips 4757655
Faustin & Maurice Jeanjean: Quartet for saxophones
Equus Saxophone Quartet
Classical KING FM 98.1, KING FM Studios, Seattle, WA
Jean-Marie Leclair: Ouverture II in D Major, Op. 13
REBEL Ensemble for Baroque Music; Jorg-Michael Schwartz and Karen Marie Marmer, directors
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Bela Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Major, Sz. 119
Yefim Bronfman, piano; London Symphony Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ
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