American mandolin virtuoso Mike Marshall is a big fan of both bluegrass and Bach. So when the New Century Chamber Orchestra asked him to write a new piece, he drew on these two musical styles for inspiration. On Wednesday's Performance Today we'll hear the resulting piece, Marshall's Mandolin Concerto No. 1.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to La Clemenza di Tito
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
The Mozart Experience
Conifer 55031
Jean-Fery Rebel: Sonata in d minor
Trio Settecento: Rachel Barton Pine, baroque violin; John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba; David Schrader, harpsichord
Sheldon Friends of Chamber Music, Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Susan Liebeskind from Atlanta, GA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Artosphere Festival Orchestra; Corrado Rovaris, conductor
Great Hall, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Hour 2
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Sinfonia in A minor, "The Delirium of the Composers": 4. Presto
Failoni Orchestra; Uwe Grodd, conductor
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf Sinfonias
Naxos 8553975
Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra; Jere Flint, Music Director and Conductor
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Quartet No. 5 in E-flat major for Strings, K. 195
Jupiter String Quartet
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Mike Marshall: Mandolin Concerto No. 1
Mike Marshall, mandolin; New Century Chamber Orchestra; Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, music director
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA
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