Every day on PT, we feature the best of the best of live performances from all around the world. Today is an exception, not in quality but in geography. Every performance in Wednesday's show took place right here in the U.S. From the lowlands of Florida to the Colorado Rockies, with a stopover in the PT studios in Minnesota for the Piano Puzzler, we're featuring the best of the best of the American music scene.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Anton Reicha: Fourth movement from Quartet in D, Op. 12
Flute Force
Bela Bartok: Third movement from Divertimento for String Orchestra, BB 118
The Sphinx Virtuosi
Beaches Fine Arts Series, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is John Champion from Charlotte, North Carolina
Gunther Schuller: Blues
The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Anton Reicha: Wind Quintet in B-flat, Op. 88, No. 5
The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Hour 2
Frederic Chopin: Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 45
Rafal Blechacz, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach: Corrente from Solo Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
Julia Fischer, violin
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
George Frideric Handel: Courante from Suite in D, HWV 448
Laure Vovard, harp
Tropical Baroque Festival, Coral Gables, Florida
Francois Couperin: Courante from La Francoise Suite
Tempesta di Mare
Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto No. 3 in G for Violin and Orchestra, K.216
Rachel Barton Pine, violin, New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra
University of Florida Performing Arts, Gainesville, Florida
Claude Debussy: Pour le Piano
Rafal Blechacz, piano
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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