Poster Pianist Kirill Gerstein
Pianist Kirill Gerstein
Photo: Marco Borggreve
Performance Today®

Gerstein plays Gershwin

Pianist Kirill Gerstein says George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue effortlessly shifts between classical and jazz. It reminds him of... a goldfish. On this weekend's edition of Performance Today, we speak with Kirill Gerstein and hear live music from his new album "Gershwin."

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contretanzes (selections)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Beethoven: Complete Orchestral Works
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Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 80, Movements 2-4
Wu Han, piano; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; David Finckel, cello
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA

Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Judy Delaney from Rochester, NY

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 Op. 68: Movements 4 & 5
Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX

Hour 2

George Gershwin (arr. Brad Dechter): Someone To Watch Over Me
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; London Symphony Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
Serenade: The Love Album
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Dan Visconti: Lonesome Roads
Kristin Lee, violin; Clancy Newman, cello; Michael Mizrahi, piano
Astral Artists, Trinity Center for Urban Life, Philadelphia, PA

George Gershwin (arr. by Ferde Grofe): Rhapsody in Blue
Kirill Gerstein, piano; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; David Robertson, conductor
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & Concerto in F
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George Gershwin (arr. Earl Wild): Embraceable You, from 'Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin'
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & Concert in F
Myrios 22

John A. Ryther: Fanfare for Six
Horn players from International Horn Festival Symphony Orchestra
Aula Cher, Sarnen, Switzerland

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