Pianist Orion Weiss Live

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Orion Weiss graduated in 2004 from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Emanuel Ax.  He has performed with the orchestras of Cleveland, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and many more.  He often plays music for 2 pianos with his wife, Anna Polonsky.  He visits the VPR Performance Studio this morning at 11 for a live recital of music by Bach, Schumann, Granados and Martinu.

Playlist:
9:01 am
  • Semiramide: Overture
  • Composer: Gioachino Rossini
  • Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • CD/Album: Rossini: 14 Overtures
  • Record co./Cat #: London 443850
9:15 am
  • String Quartet #2 in G , Op. 18/2
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Ensemble: Miro String Quartet
  • CD/Album: Beethoven: String Quartets, Opus 18 (complete)
  • Record co./Cat #: Vanguard 1655
9:40 am
  • Concerto for 2 Pianos in d
  • Composer: Francis Poulenc
  • Ensemble: Radio France Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Guher & Suher Pekinel, pianos
  • Conductor: Marek Janowski
  • CD/Album: Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval des animaux
  • Record co./Cat #: Teldec 46155
10:01 am
  • Contemplazione
  • Composer: Alfredo Catalani
  • Ensemble: La Scala Philharmonic
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • CD/Album: Puccini - Catalani - Ponchielli - Per Orchestra
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 63025
10:13 am
  • Harold in Italy
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Pinchas Zukerman, viola
  • Conductor: Charles Dutoit
  • CD/Album: Berlioz: Harold in Italy
  • Record co./Cat #: London 421193
11:01 am
  • Toccata in f-sharp , BWV 910
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Orion Weiss, piano
  • CD/Album: Orion Weiss Live on VPR Classical
11:15 am
  • Novelette #8 in f-sharp , Op. 21/8
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Orion Weiss, piano
  • CD/Album: Orion Weiss Live on VPR Classical
11:33 am
  • El Fandago de Candil, from Goyescas
  • Composer: Enrique Granados
  • Soloists: Orion Weiss, piano
  • CD/Album: Orion Weiss Live on VPR Classical
11:40 am
  • Fantasie and Toccata
  • Composer: Bohuslav Martinu
  • Soloists: Orion Weiss, piano
  • CD/Album: Orion Weiss Live on VPR Classical
11:52 am
  • Variations on I Got Rhythm
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Orion Weiss, piano
  • Conductor: JoAnn Faletta
  • CD/Album: Orion Weiss Plays Gershwin
  • Record co./Cat #: Mel Kaplan Inc.
12:05 pm
  • Concerto Gross after Corelli's 'La Folia' in d , Op. 5/12
  • Composer: Francesco Geminiani
  • Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy
  • Conductor: Bernard Labadie
  • CD/Album: Bonbons - Les Violons du Roy
  • Record co./Cat #: ATMA 2600
12:18 pm
  • Sonatina
  • Composer: Federico Moreno Torroba
  • Soloists: David Russell, guitar
  • CD/Album: Music of Torroba
  • Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80451
12:31 pm
  • Symphonic Metamorphosis (on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber)
  • Composer: Paul Hindemith
  • Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
  • Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
  • CD/Album: Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, etc.
  • Record co./Cat #: London 421523
12:52 pm
  • Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo
  • Composer: Christoph Willibald von Gluck
  • Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy
  • Conductor: Bernard Labadie
  • CD/Album: Bonbons
  • Record co./Cat #: ATMA 2600

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