Poster Pianist George Li
Pianist George Li
Christian Steiner
Performance Today®

Pianist George Li

Ten years ago, we featured an 11 year-old pianist on our show. George Li is now 21, a student at Harvard, and has a busy schedule of concerts around the world. On Tuesday's Performance Today, he gives a thrilling performance of the Piano Concerto No. 2, by Camille Saint-Saens, in a highlight from the 2016 Verbier Festival.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Jean Sibelius: Andante Festivo
Oslo Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor
Sibelius: Symphony in D No. 2; Valse Triste; Swan of Tuonela; Andante festivo
EMI 54804

Bohuslav Martinu: Nonet No. 2
Jerry Hou, conductor; Musicians: J. Bogorad-Kogan; E. Priestly Siffert; T. LeGrand; C. Millard; G. Williams; S. Schwartz; A. Kruger; A. Leung; W. Ritchie
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY

Francis Poulenc: Sonata for piano, 4 hands, FP8
Anna Petrova and Bryan Wagorn, pianos
Virginia Arts Festival, Trinity Episcopal Church, Portsmouth, VA

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43: Movements 3 & 4
Sydney Symphony Orchestra; David Robertson, conductor
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
**Classical Live - available on Google Play**

Hour 2

Camille Saint-Saens: Une Nuit a Lisbonne (A Night in Lisbon)
Orchestre Symphonique Francais; Laurent Petitgirard, conductor
Saint-Saens
Adda 590064

Felix Mendelssohn (arr. Phil Snyder): Song Without Words, Op. 30, No. 1
Georgia Guitar Quartet
Pensacola Christian College, The Crowne Centre, Pensacola, FL

Camille Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 22
George Li, piano; Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra; Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
2016 Verbier Festival, Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland

Erwin Schulhoff: Sonata for alto saxophone & piano "Hot Sonata"
Sean Meyers, alto saxophone; Teodora Adzharova, piano
Summer Chamber Music in Roland Park, Roland Park Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, MD

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