Piano Wrestling
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
It’s the battle of the piano concertos as Mozartian Daniel Barenboim squares off against Beethovenian Alfred Brendel.
Who will be the champion? Tune in and decide for yourself – Barenboim takes on Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor as both conductor and soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in our first hour. Then, in our second hour, it’s Beethoven’s 1rst Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under James Levine, Alfred Brendel soloing. And just to mix it up a bit, Barenboim performs cadenzas in the Mozart concerto that were written for the piece by none other than Beethoven!
On January 9th, the Metropolitan Opera Guild presents “Risë Stevens: An American Beauty” honoring the legendary mezzo-soprano, hosted by Van Cliburn and Jennifer Larmore. Tonight we’ll enjoy Ms. Stevens in two operatic favorites: “Voi che sapete” from Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro” and the glorious “Mir ist die Ehre” duet from Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier.” We’ll also hear her lighter side, in Jerome Kern’s “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.”
Oh, and just in case you’re ready for more piano wrestling by the end of the evening, we’ll oblige with Maurice Ravel’s Concerto in D for the Left Hand; Leon Fleischer performs with the Baltimore Symphony under Sergiu Comissiona.
» Met Opera Guild’s Rise Stevens Tribute
Who will be the champion? Tune in and decide for yourself – Barenboim takes on Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor as both conductor and soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in our first hour. Then, in our second hour, it’s Beethoven’s 1rst Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under James Levine, Alfred Brendel soloing. And just to mix it up a bit, Barenboim performs cadenzas in the Mozart concerto that were written for the piece by none other than Beethoven!
On January 9th, the Metropolitan Opera Guild presents “Risë Stevens: An American Beauty” honoring the legendary mezzo-soprano, hosted by Van Cliburn and Jennifer Larmore. Tonight we’ll enjoy Ms. Stevens in two operatic favorites: “Voi che sapete” from Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro” and the glorious “Mir ist die Ehre” duet from Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier.” We’ll also hear her lighter side, in Jerome Kern’s “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.”
Oh, and just in case you’re ready for more piano wrestling by the end of the evening, we’ll oblige with Maurice Ravel’s Concerto in D for the Left Hand; Leon Fleischer performs with the Baltimore Symphony under Sergiu Comissiona.
» Met Opera Guild’s Rise Stevens Tribute
