Pianist Orion Weiss Live
08/29/12 11:00AM By Walter Parker
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
9:01am
Semiramide: Overture
| Composer | Gioachino Rossini |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | National Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Riccardo Chailly |
| CD/Album | Rossini: 14 Overtures |
| Record co./Cat # | London 443850 |
9:15am
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 |
9:40am
Concerto for 2 Pianos in d
| Composer | Francis Poulenc |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Radio France Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Marek Janowski |
| Soloists | Guher & Suher Pekinel, pianos |
| CD/Album | Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval des animaux |
| Record co./Cat # | Teldec 46155 |
10:01am
Contemplazione
| Composer | Alfredo Catalani |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | La Scala Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Riccardo Muti |
| CD/Album | Puccini - Catalani - Ponchielli - Per Orchestra |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 63025 |
10:13am
Harold in Italy
| Composer | Hector Berlioz |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Dutoit |
| Soloists | Pinchas Zukerman, viola |
| CD/Album | Berlioz: Harold in Italy |
| Record co./Cat # | London 421193 |
11:01am
Toccata in f-sharp, BWV 910
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Orion Weiss, piano |
| CD/Album | Orion Weiss Live on VPR Classical |
| Record co./Cat # |
11:15am
Novelette #8 in f-sharp, Op. 21/8
| Composer | Robert Schumann |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Orion Weiss, piano |
| CD/Album | Orion Weiss Live on VPR Classical |
11:33am
El Fandago de Candil, from Goyescas
| Composer | Enrique Granados |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Orion Weiss, piano |
| CD/Album | Orion Weiss Live on VPR Classical |
11:40am
Fantasie and Toccata
| Composer | Bohuslav Martinu |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Orion Weiss, piano |
| CD/Album | Orion Weiss Live on VPR Classical |
11:52am
Variations on I Got Rhythm
| Composer | George Gershwin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Buffalo Philharmonic |
| Conductor | JoAnn Faletta |
| Soloists | Orion Weiss, piano |
| CD/Album | Orion Weiss Plays Gershwin |
| Record co./Cat # | Mel Kaplan Inc. |
12:05pm
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 |
12:18pm
Sonatina
| Composer | Federico Moreno Torroba |
|---|---|
| Soloists | David Russell, guitar |
| CD/Album | Music of Torroba |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80451 |
12:31pm
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 |
12:52pm
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 |