Calm, collected and in control, or emotionally vibrant, heart on the sleeve and fraught with histrionics — these are two approaches to music-making.

Calm, collected and in control, or emotionally vibrant, heart on the sleeve and fraught with histrionics - these are two approaches to music-making explored through a mythological paradigm. Conductor James Conlon and eminent pianist Menahem Pressler look at these divergent approaches through the eyes of the young pianists who competed in the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, held in Fort Worth, Texas, in the spring of 2005. Musical excerpts and rehearsals feature Davide Cabassi and the Takács Quartet.