The class of 2021 has overcome so many unexpected obstacles, and in many cases, they're not getting a big public celebration. So, we're throwing a party for them...on the radio! We'll have dedications and tributes for this year's graduates, and music to help celebrate. Plus, Bruce Adolphe has this week's Piano Puzzler!
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Giuseppe Verdi: Waltz in F major
Edoardo Farina, piano | I Solisti Italiani
Album: Operisti
Denon 18070
Ottorino Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Dallas Winds | Jerry Junkin, conductor
Dallas Winds, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
Piano Puzzler
Contestant: Curtis Funk calling from Niskayuna, NY
Giuseppe Verdi: Aida: Triumphal March
New York Philharmonic | Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Album: Bernstein Favorites: Marches
Sony 46709
Ludwig van Beethoven: Triumphal March for Tarpeja in C Major, WoO 2a
Philharmonia Hungarica | Hans Ludwig Hirsch, conductor
Album: Beethoven: German Dances, WoO 8 & Contredanses, WoO 14
Warner Classics
Hour 2
Franz Liszt: Il Penseroso from Years of Pilgrimage Year 2, Italy
Andre Watts, piano
Andre Watts Plays Liszt Album 1
EMI 64599
Traditional, arr. Jorge Cozatl: Xtoles
Chicago a cappella | Benjamin Rivera, conductor
Chicago a cappella, Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville, IL
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, K 452
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
James Austin Smith, oboe
Todd Palmer, clarinet
Amy Harman, bassoon
David Byrd-Marrow, French horn
Bank of America Chamber Music Series - Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
Andre Watts, piano
New York Philharmonic | Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Liszt/Ravel: Piano Concertos
Sony 47571
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