Afternoon Classics: Live performance with Jean-Francois Latour
08/03/09 3:00PM
Canadian pianist Jean-Francois Latour is quickly establishing himself as one of the country's best young musicians. His teachers include Leon Fleischer, and in addition to numerous festival performances across the United States and Canada, he has performed in Paris, Toulouse, Geneva, Hamburg, Brussels, and he completed a tour of Japan and China in 2005. Mr. Latour joins us for a conversation and performance centered on Frederic Chopin, as we approach the bicentennial of his birth.
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Playlist
3:01pm
LIVE performance w/ Jean-Francois Latour, piano
4:07pm
The Seasons: Summer
| Composer | Edward German |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin |
| Conductor | Andrew Penny |
| CD/Album | German: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 |
| Record co./Cat # | Marco Polo 8.223695 |
4:15pm
String Quintet #2 in G, Op. 111
| Composer | Johannes Brahms |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Boston Symphony Chamber Players |
| CD/Album | Brahms: String Quintets |
| Record co./Cat # | Nonesuch 79068 |
4:46pm
Rondo in D, K 382
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Camerata Academia Salzburg |
| Conductor | Sandor Vegh |
| Soloists | Andras Schiff, piano |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Concertos K 175 and K 238, etc |
| Record co./Cat # | London 430517 |
5:07pm
Capriccio: Introduction & Moonlight music
| Composer | Richard Strauss |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Medici String Quartet |
| Soloists | Michael Cookson, viola ; Moray Welsh, cello |
| CD/Album | Ravel, Strauss - The Medici String Quartet |
| Record co./Cat # | Nimbus 5076 |
5:20pm
Sonata XX
| Composer | Giovanni Gabrieli |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Gabrieli Consort |
| Conductor | Paul McCreesh |
| CD/Album | Giovanni Gabrieli: Music for San Rocco |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 449180 |
5:28pm
Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit ("The Steer On The Roof")
| Composer | Darius Milhaud |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | National Orchestra of France |
| Conductor | Leonard Bernstein |
| CD/Album | Milhaud: La Creation du Monde, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 47845 |
5:48pm
Two Arabesques
| Composer | Claude Debussy |
|---|---|
| Soloists | David Allen Wehr, piano |
| CD/Album | Claude Debussy - David Allen Wehr |
| Record co./Cat # | Connosieur Society 4219 |