Pianist Emanuel Ax has won seven Grammy Awards, an Avery Fisher Prize, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has soloed with the New York Philharmonic more than a hundred times. On this episode of Performance Today, Emanuel Ax and the NY Phil gives a thrilling performance of J. S. Bach's Piano Concerto in D Minor.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Arno Babajanian: Melody and Humoresque: Melody & Vagharshapat Dance
Raffi Besalyan, piano
The Return
Dorian 92187
Brad Richter: Lost Miner
Brad Richter, guitar
American Landscapes for Guitar
Blue Griffin 227
Michael Nyman: Silver-Fingered Fling
Brad Richter, guitar; Carlos Bonell, guitar
Eastern Arizona College, Safford, AZ
Arno Babajanian: Trio for violin, cello and piano in F-sharp minor
Andrew Wan, violin; Johannes Moser, cello; Andrew Armstrong, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major
L Sohn, violin; G Nuttall, M Fewer, D Phillips, G Diaz, violins; M Rostad, viola; D Ying, cello; A Manzo, double bass; P Muzijevic, harpsichord; G Nuttall, conductor
Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Music Festival, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Hour 2
Frederic Chopin: Mazurka Op. 6, No. 2 in C-sharp and Mazurka Op. 24 No. 2 in C Major
Emanuel Ax, piano
Chopin: Scherzos, Mazurkas
Sony 44544
Claude Debussy: Danse sacree et danse profane
Bridget Kibbey, harp; Erin Keefe, violin; Jorja Fleezanis, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Dane Johansen, cello; Scott Pingel, bass
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, CA
Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Emanuel Ax, piano; New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64: 4. Finale: Andante maesto
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
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