Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs works both intimate and expansive on today's "Performance Today." From West Palm Beach, Florida, he'll offer a pair of etudes by Chopin. And we'll follow him to Geneva, Switzerland, where he plays Camille Saint-Saens'"Egyptian" Concerto with Bertrand de Billy and the Orchestra of the Suisse Romande.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Niccolo Paganini: Capriccio No. 24 in A Minor
Guitarist Eliot Fisk
Frederic Chopin: Etude No. 13 in A-flat, Op. 25, No. 1, and Etude No. 15 in F, Op. 25, No. 3
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas: First movement from Violin Concerto No. 4 in D
Violinist Clayton Pentose-Whitmore with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra and conductor Tito Munoz
Orchestra Hall, Detroit
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata, K. 461
Guitarists Eliot Fisk and Paco Pena
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
Camille Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F ("Egyptian")
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet with the Orchestra of the Suisse Romande and conductor Bertrand de Billy
Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
Hour 2
Sergei Prokofiev: "The Prince's Visit" from "Cinderella"
The Russian National Orchrestra with conductor Mikhail Pletnev
Fritz Kreisler: Prelude and Allegro
Violinist Pietro Talamini and the Interpreti Veneziani Baroque Orchestra
Modlin Center for the Arts, Richmond, Virginia
Ian Clarke: "Hypnosis" for Flute and Piano
Flutist Lorna McGhee and pianist Katherine Collier
Strings in the Mountains Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Franz Schubert: Impromptu No. 1, D. 935
Pianist Imogen Cooper
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Maurice Ravel: "Mother Goose" Suite
The Russian National Orchestra with conductor Stephane Deneve
Festival del Sole, Napa, California
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