Composer Alexander Borodin toiled away on an opera for 18 years, but he never finished it. Get the story, then hear the overture to Borodin's unfinished opera, on this edition of Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Richard Wagner: Romanza (Albumblatt)
Elissa Lee Koljonen, violin; Robert Koenig, piano
Heartbreak, Romantic Encores for Violin
Dorian 90268
Reinhold Gliere: Huit Morceaux for violin and cello, Op. 39
DuoSkope: Evin Blomberg, violin; Natalie Helm, cello
Hoxa HQ studio in West Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant Jason Carr from Philadelphia, PA
Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Marek Janowski, conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
Hour 2
Peter Tchaikovsky: Danse Russe from Swan Lake Op. 20 Act III
Joshua Bell, violin; Berlin Philharmonic; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Sony 94832
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto for flute and orchestra in D minor, Wq. 22
Matvey Demin, flute; Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra; Christian Knapp, conductor
The XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition, Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia
Peter Tchaikovsky (transcribed by M. Santos): Andante Cantabile for Horn and Strings (from String Quartet No. 1 Op. 11)
Yun Zeng, French horn; Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra; Arseny Shuplyakov, conductor
The XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition, Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia
Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra, Op. 33
Zlatomir Fung, cello; Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra; Nikolai Alexeev, conductor
The XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition, Grand Hall of the D.D. Shostakovich St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonia, St. Petersburg, Russia
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