Violinist and composer Fritz Kreisler wrote a concerto in 1927, but for about eight years, he claimed it had been written in the early 1700s, by Antonio Vivaldi. Why? On this episode of Performance Today, hear the story and the music: violinist Pekka Kuusisto leads the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in a live performance of Kreisler's Violin Concerto in C Major.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio No. 37 in D minor, Hob. XV:23 Mvmt III. Finale
Beaux Arts Trio
Haydn: Complete Piano Trios
Philips 432 070
William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony
The Orchestra Now; Leon Botstein, conductor
Bard College, The Sosnoff Theatre at The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
Ingram Marshall: Authentic Presence
Sarah Cahill, piano
Interlochen Presents, Dendrinos Chapel, Interlochen, MI
Eugene Ysaye: Sonata no. 3 "Ballade" for Solo Violin, op. 27
Benjamin Beilman, violin
The Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Hour 2
Franz Liszt: Paganini Etude No. 2 In E major
Yefim Bronfman, piano;
Summer Night Concert: Schonbrunn 2010
DG 4763793
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Movement 1. Allegro moderato
Yefim Bronfman, piano; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Charles Rochester Young: The Song of the Lark
Christina Smith, flute; Elizabeth Remy Johnson, harp
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Fritz Kreisler: Concerto in C (In the Style of Vivaldi) for Violin and Orchestra
Pekka Kuusisto, violin; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Pekka Kuusisto, conductor
Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN
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