Pianist Yefim Bronfman, “Fima,” chats with Manny about their decades-long friendship, their love of sports, their surprising anxiety around live broadcast performances.  They’ll answer listeners’ questions about recovering from injuries and picking repertoire, even the stuff no one heard of!  Fima and Manny work together in our Newly Dead game to identify odd ways composers have died.

Our theme song is Schumann’s Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18 performed by our host, Emanuel Ax.

Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8: II. Adagio
Szymanowski
Martin Roscoe, piano 
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.

Sinfonia avanti il Barcheggio for Trumpet, 2 Violins and Continuo
Stradella
Niklas Eklund & Wasa Baroque Ensemble & Edward Tarr
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.

Armide, Act III Scene 4: Je responds a tes voeux
Lully
Stephanie Houtzeel & William Sharp
Opera Lafayette Chorus & Opera Lafayette Orchestra & Ryan Brown
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.

Solomon, HWV 67: Pt. III: Air. Ev’ry sight these eyes behold
Handel
Nicola Wemyss & Barockorchester Frankfurt & Joachim Carlos Martini
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc
 

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Credits

Classical Music Happy Hour is supported in part by the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation and by Linda Nelson.

Our production team includes Lauren Purcell-Joiner, Eileen Delahunty, Laura Boyman, Elizabeth Nonamaker, David Norville, Christine Herskovits, and Ed Yim.

Our engineering team includes George Wellington, Irene Trudel, and Chase Culpon.

Classical Music Happy Hour is produced by WQXR in partnership with Carnegie Hall.

Our theme song is Schumann’s Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18 performed by our host, Emanuel Ax.

The piece Paquito D’Rivera and Emanuel Ax perform is Contradanza for Bb Clarinet and Piano, composed by our guest, Paquito D’Rivera.

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