It's one of the first exercises you learn to play on an instrument, one of the basic ways to build technique... and, it's awfully tempting to skip while practicing. Alexander Sitkovetsky shares his most valuable practice tip, on Wednesday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Continuo in C minor, BWV 1060: Movement 1 Allegro
Hilary Hahn, violin; Allan Vogel, oboe; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Hilary Hahn, Bach Concertos
DG 986
John Corigliano: Gazebo Dances
Rieko Aizawa, piano; Aaron Wunsch, piano
Skaneateles Festival, First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY
Bruce Adolphe: This week's contestant is Cayce Wilkinson from Council Bluffs, IA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major: Movements 2-3
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata K. 330 in C Major: Movement 1 Allegro moderato
Fazil Say, piano
Mozart - Piano Sonatas and Variations
Atlantic 21970
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane, for violin and piano, M.76
Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin; Gloria Chen, piano
String Theory at the Hunter, The Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet in C minor, K. 406
Manhattan Chamber Players: Mark Steinberg, violin; Grace Park, violin; Luke Fleming, viola; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; Brook Speltz, cello
Manhattan Chamber Players, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, New York, NY
Natalie Dietterich: Aeolian Dust
Yale Philharmonia; Inmo Kang, conductor
Yale School of Music, Woolsey Hall, New Haven, CT
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