Poster Gryphon Trio
Gryphon Trio
Gryphon Trio
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Music by 18 year-old Paula Gil

Last year, high school student Paula Gil took part in the annual "Young Composers Project" in Toronto. And the Gryphon Trio liked her piece so much, they played it at one of their regular chamber concerts. We'll hear young Paula Gil's "Gryphon March."

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Franz Schubert: Marche Militaire in D maj. Op.51, No.1, D733, No.1
Philharmonia Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, cond.

Skene MS: Adew Dundee
Anon. fiddle variations Panmure MS: Kathren Oggie
The Baltimore Consort Live in Concert

Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major D.944, The Great: Movements III (Scherzo: Allegro vivace) and IV(Finale: Allegro Vivace)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras, cond.
Recorded live at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

Franz Liszt: Concert Paraphrase on Valse, from Gounod's Faust

Federico Mompou: CanciIŒn VI (encore)
Francesco Libetta, piano
Recorded live in concert at Lincoln Theater, Miami Beach, FL

Hour 2

Johannes Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5: III. Scherzo
Stephen Hough, piano

Henry Purcell: Hornpipe from The Indian Queen
Bourbon Baroque; John Austin Clark & Nicolas Fortin, artistic directors
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Louisville, KY

Jean Hotteterre: Les Delices ou Le Fargis
Ensemble 1700; Dorothee Oberlinger, director; Francois Lazarevitch, recorder, musette; Vittorio Ghielmi, viola da gamba; Monica Waisman, violin; Andre Henrich, theorbo, baroque guitar; Alexander Pulia
Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne, Germany

Biber: Battalia (Battle) for Strings and Continuo
Ian Swensen, violin; Yoon Kwon, violin; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Kim, viola; Lily Francis, violin; Erin Keefe, violin/viola; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Daxun Zhang, bass; Ke
Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York, NY

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 3 in E-flat Major
Stephen Hough, piano; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
Royal Albert Hall, London

Paula Gil: Gryphon March
Gryphon Trio: Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin; Roman Borys, cello; Jamie Parker, piano
Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto

John Ireland: Cavatina (encore): Bagatelle and Cavatina for Violin and Piano: Cavatina
Ani Kavafian, violin; Amy Yang, piano
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Bartlesville, OK

Alexander Borodin: from String Quartet No. 2: III. Notturno
St. Petersburg String Quartet
On an old coffee barge, Fulton Ferry Landing near the Brooklyn Bridge, New York, NY

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