Drew Petersen is the 2017 winner of the American Pianists Award, as well as a recipient of the prestigious Kovner Fellowship. He is currently pursuing a master's degree at the Juilliard conservatory in New York. On Tuesday's Performance Today, Drew Petersen joins host Fred Child for music and conversation from the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: Movement 4
Orion String Quartet
Orion String Quartet: Beethoven String Quartets
Koch 7682
Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor;
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Maurice Ravel: Sonatine
Drew Petersen, piano
PT in-studio performance, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Samuel Barber: Fugue, from 'Piano Sonata, Op. 26'
Drew Petersen, piano
PT in-studio performance, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Astor Piazzolla: Adios Nonino
Hector del Curto Quintet; Santiago "Santi" Eugene Curto, clarinet (8 years old)
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO
Hour 2
Phillip Lasser: Twelve Variations on a Chorale by J.S. Bach Variation 6, 8, 10
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
The Berlin Concert
Telarc 80715
Johann Strauss Jr. (arr. Schoenberg): Rosen aus dem Suden
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO
Philip Glass: Etude No. 2
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
from a live broadcast from VPR's Studio One, Vermont Public Radio, Colchester, VT
Franz Schubert: Impromptu in E-flat, Op. 90/2
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
form a live broadcast from VPR's Studio One, Vermont Public Radio, Colchester, VT
Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
German Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Muller-Schott, cello; Alan Buribayev, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.
Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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