Franz Schubert wrote a fantasy so demanding and difficult that he himself was unable to play it. Never fear... we'll hear from a pianist who can! On Monday's Performance Today, Juho Pohjonen gives a virtuoso performance of the Wanderer Fantasy in concert at the Music@Menlo Festival.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Carl Nielsen: Woodwind Quintet, Op. 43: 2. Menuet
Susan Rotholz, flute; Elaine Douvas, oboe; Joaquin Valdepenas, clarinet; Stefanie Przybylska, bassoon; Robin Graham, horn
Barber: Summer Music and Nielsen: Woodwind Quintet
Sony 46250
Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet
Courtney Hershey Bress, harp; Claude Sim, violin; Monique Mead, violin; Karen Dirks, viola; David Hardy, cello; Demarre McGill, flute
Strings Music Festival, Strings Music Pavillion, Steamboat Springs, CO
Franz Schubert: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760, "Wanderer"
Juho Pohjonen, piano
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo, Atherton, CA
Franz Schubert (arr. Dan Graser): Quartettsatz in C Minor, D. 703
Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet
Rockport Music Festival, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Carl Nielsen: Overture to An Imaginary Journey to the Faroe Islands
Baltic Sea Youth Orchestra; Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Hour 2
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor: Movement 3
Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
Sibelius: The Complete Symphonies
Bis 1286
Zoltan Kodaly: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7: Movement 1
Gabriela Diaz, violin; Andres Diaz, cello
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43: Movements 3 & 4
Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
Anton Webern: Quintet for piano and string quartet, M. 118
Asher Wulfman,violin; Karim Ayala Pool,violin; Christopher Alley,viola; Blake Kitayama,cello; Sashi Ayyangar, piano
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
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