It's been a busy spring for 20-year-old American pianist Conrad Tao; he's given concerts in China, all around the US, and in Europe. On Tuesday's Performance Today we'll catch up with Tao in concert in Stockholm, Sweden, where we'll hear him play George Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Schubert: Impromptus, D. 899; No. 2 in E flat: Allegro
Alfred Brendel, piano
Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Alfred Brendel I
Philips 456 727
Gary Schocker: Three Dances for Two Flutes
Eugenia Zukerman, flute; Gary Schocker, flute; Ran Dank, piano
Young Concert Artists Musical Marathon, Symphonyspace, New York, NY
Franz Schubert (arr. Franz Liszt): Fantasy in C, D. 760, "Wanderer"
Christopher Park, piano; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany
Traditional (arr. Glenn Haynes): My Lord, What a Morning
New Century Saxophone Quartet
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MN
Clyde Davenport (arr. Glenn Haynes): Five Miles from Home
New Century Saxophone Quartet
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MN
Russell Peterson: Gospel Fever
New Century Saxophone Quartet
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MN
Hour 2
George Gershwin: My Man's Gone Now from Porgy and Bess
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Andre Previn, piano
Tango Song and Dance
Deutsche Grammophon 58
Lili Boulanger: Of a Spring Morning
Leone Buyse, flute; Lisa Bergman, piano
Seattle Flute Society, KING FM studio, Seattle, WA
Santiago de Murcia: Gaitas
Chatham Baroque: Julie Andrijeski, baroque violin; Andrew Fouts, baroque violin; Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba; Scott Pauley, theorbo and baroque guitar
Synod Hall, St. Paul Cathedral, Pittsburgh, PA
George Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
Conrad Tao, piano; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ilyich Rivas, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
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