Cellist Alban Gerhardt shares his thoughts on his performances with listeners through his blog - even his self-doubts. That kind of openness is a rarity these days. We'll hear a stunning peformance of Gerhardt performing Robert Schumann's cello concerto, from a concert with the KBS Symphony in Seoul, South Korea.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante from the Serenade for Winds in C Minor, K. 388
Musicians from Music@Menlo
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
Niccolo Paganini: Capriccio in E, Op. 1, No. 1
Violinist Andrej Bielow
Slovak Philharmonie, Bratislava, Slovakia
Signor Detri: Sonata in C Minor
Matthias Maute, recorder and Kristian Bezuidenhout, organ
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
Josquin des Pres: "El Grillo" ("The Cricket")
Chanticleer
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
The Philadelphia Orchestra with conductor Roger Norrington
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia
Max Bruch: Allegro from "Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano," Op. 83
Members of the American Chamber Players
Sanibel Music Festival, Sanibel Island, Florida
Peter Tchaikovsky: Final Variation and Coda from the Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
Pianist Wu Han, violinist Joseph Swensen and cellist Ralph Kirshbaum
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
Hour 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Oriental Dance," Op. 2, No. 2
Cellist Lynn Harrell and pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy
Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129
Cellist Alban Gerhardt with the KBS Symphony Orchestra and conductor Claus Peter Flor
Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
Gabriel Faure: "Fantasie," Op. 79
Flutist Emer McDonough with the RTE Vanbrugh Quartet
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 4 in C for Cello and Piano, Op. 102, No. 1
Cellist Lynn Harrell and pianist Jon Kimura Parker
Lillian H. Duncan Recital Hall, Houston
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