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Audio Archive: Jonathan Biss
PT Young Artist-in-Residence Live in Studio 4A
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5
Back to top DAY 1 | 
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Listen to Fred Child introduce Jonathan and hearJonathan's variations on the PT theme music
Listen to Claude Debussy's Les Estampes
Listen to Jonathan on his early piano experiences
Listen to Jonathan's history with Beethoven's"Appassionata" Sonata
Listen to Jonathan perform Beethoven's PianoSonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57, "Appassionata"
Listen to further reflections on the "Appassionata"
Back to top DAY 2 -- with pianist Jeremy Denk |
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Listen to Fred share the news of Jonathan's recent award. Jonathan introducesJanacek's "In the Mists"
Listen to "In the Mists" by Czech composer Leos Janacek
Listen to Jonathan and pianist Jeremy Denk relate their history together inBloomington, Indiana
Listen to Jonathan and Jeremy perform Mozart's Sonata in D for Two Pianos, K. 448
Listen to Jeremy and Jonathan reflect on past performances
Back to top DAY 3 -- All-Chopin |
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Listen to Fred introduce Jonathan's all-Chopin program; Jonathan performs the Barcarolle in F-sharp
Listen to Jonathan defend Chopin and introduce the next piece
Listen to Chopin's Three Mazurkas, Op. 59
Listen to Jonathan reflect on his experience at Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and his studies with Leon Fleisher; Jonathan introduces Chopin's Polonaise-Fantaisie
Listen to Chopin's Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61; Fred introduces Jonathan's next piece
Listen to Chopin's Nocturne in D-flat
Back to top DAY 4 -- with the Mendelssohn String Quartet |
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Listen to Jonathan perform Beethoven's Bagatelles in G, Op. 126, from a concert at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota (WCAL, Twin Cities)
Listen to Jonathan introduce the Mendelssohn String Quartet; first violinist Miriam Fried, aka Jonathan's mom, relates how she ended up with the Mendelssohns; Jonathan introduces Brahms' Piano Quintet
Listen to Brahms' Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34, Mvt. 1
Listen to Brahms' Piano Quintet, Mvt. 2
Listen to Brahms' Piano Quintet, Mvt. 3
Listen to Brahms' Piano Quintet, Mvt. 4
Back to top DAY 5 -- with violinist Miriam Fried |
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Listen to Fred introduce Beethoven's Fantasia
Listen to Beethoven's Fantasia, Op. 77 -- scholars speculate the free-form nature of this piece may be the closest we'll come to knowing what Beethoven's improvisations sounded like
Listen to Jonathan comment on Beethoven's Fantasia; Fred reads some listener comments for Jonathan
Listen to violinist Miriam Fried on Jonathan growing up with music; Jonathan introduces Brahms' Violin Sonata No. 1 in G
Listen to Brahms' Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78, Mvt. 1
Listen to the second movement
Listen to the third movement
Listen to Fred's backannounce; Miriam Fried reflects on Jonathan's development as a musician; Jonathan's farewell
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