Poster Midori
Midori
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Performance Today®

Midori in the PT Studios

The great American violinist Midori joins host Fred Child for nearly a full hour of music and conversation. She and pianist Robert McDonald play the opening movement from the Violin Sonata No. 1 by Brahms, the complete Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano by Paul Hindemith, and a bon-bon by Fritz Kreisler, Syncopation. Midori opens the hour with a solo performance of the opening Adagio from the Violin Sonata in g-minor by Bach (BWV 1001). Midori will talk about the singular power of music by Bach, and about the many ways in which she is reaching out to young musicians, and young listeners.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Gabriel Faure: Barcarolle in A Minor, Op. 26
John Novacek, piano

John Williams: Imperial March from Star Wars
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat, Op. 110
Till Fellner, piano
Wigmore Hall, London, England

Franz Schubert: Rondo Brilliant in B Minor, D. 895
Leila Josefowicz, violin, John Novacek, piano
Wigmore Hall, London, England

Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia in B-flat, RV 163 (La Conca)
The Venice Baroque Orchestra, Luca Mares, conductor
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany

Hour 2

Pablo de Sarasate: Habanera, Op. 21, No. 2
Midori, violin, Robert McDonald, piano

Perfchat with Midori: Perfchat

Johann Sebastian Bach: First movement from Solo Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001
Midori, violin, Robert McDonald, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

Johannes Brahms: First movement from Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano, Op. 78
Midori, violin, Robert McDonald, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

Gustav Mahler: Excerpt from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth's Magic Horn)
Thomas Hampson, baritone, Wolfram Rieger, piano
Mahler's birthplace, Kaliste, Czech Republic

Paul Hindemith: Violin Sonata in E-flat, Op. 11, No. 1
Midori, violin, Robert McDonald, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

Fritz Kreisler: Syncopation
Midori, violin, Robert McDonald, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

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