Best of Carnegie Hall Live: The Piano, Center Stage

Fred Child — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Airs Thursday, September 20 at 11:00 a.m. This week, pianists Leif Ove Andsnes is featured in Haydn's Sonata No. 43 in C minor; Debussy's Images, Book I; Chopin's Waltz, Op 34, No 1; and the Granados Spanish Dance #5. Then the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer is joined by pianists Andras Schiff for Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 2. Finally, Andras Schiff plays Schubert's Impromptu and Lang Lang is featured in Chopin's Twelve Etudes, Op. 25.

Carnegie Hall Live: Lang Lang in Concert

Fred Child and Jeff Spurgeon, — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Airs Wednesday, May 30 at 11:00 a.m. The inaugural season of Carnegie Hall Live wraps with one of today's most popular pianists. Lang Lang shows his enormous range, from the delicate textures of Bach to the nearly orchestral sonorities of Schubert. Billions watched his performance at the 2008 Olympics, Time magazine named him one of the most 100 influential people in the world and this Carnegie Hall recital of Bach, Schubert and Chopin is sold out. BUT, with Red River Radio you can have a ticket for this concert by Lang Lang.
The scheduled program features:

J. S. Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825
Schubert: Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960
Chopin: Twelve Etudes, Op. 25