All summer long, we're featuring great American music inspired by great American places. On Friday, our Performance Today Summer Road Trip takes us to Rochester, NY, the longtime hometown of American composer David Diamond. Plus, we'll head to another great American site -- Fort Sumter National Historic Monument in Charleston Harbor, SC.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Three-Part Sinfonia No. 9 and Three-Part Sinfonia No. 12
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Bach: Partita No. 4; Three-Part Inventions
Nonesuch 79121
David Maslanka: Recitation Book: 5. Fanfare/Variations on Durch Adams Fall (Through Adam's Fall)
The Kenari Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin in c minor, BWV 1060
James Austin Smith, oboe; Daniel Phillips, solo violin; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord; St. Lawrence String Quartet
Spoleto Festival USA Chamber Music Series, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
David Diamond: Rounds for String Orchestra
Seattle Symphony: Gerard Schwarz, conductor
David Diamond Vol. 5
Delos 3189
Hour 2
Johannes Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, cello, and piano, Op. 114: 4. Allegro
Stanley Drucker, clarinet; Carter Brey, cello; Gerald Robbins, piano
Stanley Drucker Plays Brahms
Elysium 720
Coleridge Taylor Perkinson: Sinfonietta No. 1: 3. Rondo: Allegro Furioso
Sphinx Virtuosi
St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Osvaldo Golijov: Mariel for Cello and Marimba
Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Steven Schick, percussion
Spoleto Festival USA Chamber Music Series, Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, SC
Guillaume Connesson: Techno-parade
Tara Helen OâConnor, flute; Todd Palmer, clarinet; Inon Barnatan, piano; Spoleto Chamber Orchestra
Spoleto Music Festival, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34: 3. Scherzo: Allegro; 4. Finale: Poco sostenuto
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano; Brentano String Quartet
Spoleto Festival USA Chamber Music Series, Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, SC
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