In pop music, it's Beyonce and Jay-Z. Here in the classical world, our big power couple is Wu Han and David Finckel. They work together and play together. On this episode of Performance Today, hear some of the musical magic they created at the Minnesota Beethoven Festival.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13: Movement 3 Intermezzo
Lisa-Beth Lambert, violin; Hiroko Yajima, violin; Annemarie Moorcroft, viola; Sophie Shao, cello
Marlboro Music Festival 50th Anniversary Album
Bridge 9108
Aaron Copland: Three Latin American Sketches
ROCO; Andres Cardenas, conductor
ROCO, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Mirabai Knight from New York, NY
Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A Minor
Bruno Canino, piano; Robyn Bollinger, violin; Jonah Ellsworth, cello
Marlboro Music, Persons Auditorium, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
Hour 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: The Ruins of Athens
The Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, director
Beethoven: Overtures
Nimbus 5130
Felix Mendelssohn: Overture to a Midsummer Night's Dream
Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
Maurice Ohana: Enterrar y callar, from Trois caprices
Liza Stepanova, piano
UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music, Ramsey Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 3 for Cello and Piano in A Major, Op. 69
David Finkel, cello; Wu Han, piano
Minnesota Beethoven Festival, Page Theatre, Saint Mary's University, Winona, MN
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