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Borromeo String Quartet Plays Bach

Borromeo String Quartet Plays Bach

Classical Performance Podcast

The Borromeo String Quartet has been playing incredible concerts all over the world since 1989 – and at WGBH since 1991. Here is one of their concerts from back in 2009, featuring an arrangement of a piece originally written for the organ.
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J.S. Bach (arr. Nicholas Kitchen): Passacaglia and Fugue for Organ in C minor, BWV 582
Borromeo String Quartet: Nicholas Kitchen and Kristopher Tong, violins; Mai Motobuchi, viola; and Yeesun Kim, cello.
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Recorded at WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio on July 30, 2009.
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Jonathan Biss Plays Schumann and Janacek

Jonathan Biss Plays Schumann and Janacek

Classical Performance Podcast

Pianist Jonathan Biss delves into Robert Schumann’s emotional landscape, and compares it with that of Leos Janacek.
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Robert Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op. 12: Des Abends
Leos Janacek: On an Overgrown Path: Our Evenings
Jonathan Biss, piano.
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Recorded at WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio on March 22, 2013.
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Inon Barnatan Plays Bach

Inon Barnatan Plays Bach

Classical Performance Podcast

Pianist Inon Barnatan is originally from Israel, and now lives in New York. He visited Boston for a concert with the Academy of St. Martin In The Fields, and stopped by WGBH to give us a little taste of Bach before he headed west to Worcester.
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J.S. Bach: Keyboard Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825
Inon Barnatan, piano.
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Recorded at WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio on March 8, 2013.
© 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation.
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The Boston Trio Plays Dvorak

The Boston Trio Plays Dvorak

Classical Performance Podcast

The Boston Trio is three powerful ladies with a knack for chamber music. Hear their mastery of Dvorak’s Trio in F minor on this week’s podcast.
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Antonin Dvorak: Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65
The Boston Trio: Irina Muresanu, violin; Denise Djokic, cello; and Heng-Jin Park, piano.
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Recorded at WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio on March 8, 2013.
© 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation.
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Low and Lower Play Rossini and Bach

Low and Lower Play Rossini and Bach

Classical Performance Podcast

Yes, classical musicians do have more fun. And we’ll prove it, this week, with bass and cello duo “Low and Lower.”
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Gioacchino Rossino: Duo for Cello and Bass: Allegro
J.S. Bach, arr. Whitehouse: Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012 – Sarabande

Low and Lower: Brooks Whitehouse, cello; Paul Sharpe, bass.
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Recorded at WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio on March 1, 2013.
© 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation.
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e-mail: classical@wgbh.org

Trio Cleonice Plays Beethoven

Trio Cleonice Plays Beethoven

Classical Performance Podcast

Seldom can you hear the absolute joy a trio feels in the music they’re playing – but with Trio Cleonice, you can. Hear their interpretation of Beethoven’s Piano Trio Op. 70, No. 2 on this week’s podcast.
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Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 70, No. 2 in E-flat Major
Trio Cleonice: Ari Isaacman-Beck, violin; Gwen Krosnick, cello; Emely Phelps, piano.
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Recorded at WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio on February 22, 2013.
© 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation.
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Winner of the Tchaikovsky and Rubinstein Competitionsm, Daniil Trifonov visited Boston for a performance presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston, and stopped by our studio for a concert with an audience of CNE supporters. Hear his astounding performance, which left our audience utterly speechless, on this week’s podcast.

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Nicolai Medtner: Fairy Tales (selections)
  Fairy Tale in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2
  Fairy Tale in E-flat Major, Op. 26, No. 2
  Fairy Tale in B-flat minor, Op. 20, No. 1

Igor Stravinsky: Danse infernale du roi Katschei: Allegro feroce (arr. Guido Agosti)

Daniil Trifonov, piano.
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Recorded at WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio on October 3, 2012.
© 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation.
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