Fifty years ago, composer Bruce Adolphe was given a walking, talking, flying birthday present: a green Panama parrot. The two have been together now for half a century. On the occasion of his 60th birthday, Bruce tells us about his friendship with a very special, musical bird on Friday's Performance Today, from APM.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Waxman: Auld Lang Syne Variations: Eine kleine Nichtmusik
Kremerata Baltica; Gidon Kremer, conductor
Happy Birthday
Nonesuch 79657
Peter Heidrich: Happy Birthday Variations: Thema; Nach Antonin Dvorak; Polka/Valse
Kremerata Baltica; Gidon Kremer, conductor
Happy Birthday
Nonesuch 79657
Benjamin Britten: Prelude and Fugue for Eighteen Strings, Op. 29
Gilles Vonsattel, Sunmi Chang, Jorja Fleezanis, Kristin Lee, Sean Lee, Arnaud Sussmann, Ian Swensen, Mark Holloway, Paul Neubauer, Colin Carr, Laurence Lesser, Charles Chandler, Scott Pingel, Danish S
Music@Menlo, Menlo School, Atherton, CA
Thomas Tellefsen: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 15
Alexander Melnikov, piano; Concerto Koln; Michael Guttler, conductor
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Bruce Adolphe: Light, Speed, Grace
Joshua Bell, violin, Marija Stroke, piano
Bruce Adolphe: Sarabande: the lonliness of genius
Joshua Bell, violin
Hour 2
Erich Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood from Robin Hood and His Merry Men
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor, conductor
The Hollywood Sound
Sony 62788
Anonymous (arr. Maria Pomianowska): Sluzylem ja Tobie (I served you)
LutoSlowianie Orchestra; Maria Pomianowska, artistic director
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw, Poland
Adam Schoenberg: Ahava
Atlanta Chamber Players: Todd Skitch, flute; Ted Gurch, clarinet; Helen Hwaya Kim, violin; Brad Ritchi, cello; Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Ahavath Achim Synagogue, Atlanta, GA
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
Sergei Krylov, violin; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Juraj Valcuha, conductor
Stelio Molo Auditorium, Lugano, Switzerland
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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.
Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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