In instrumentation, the Turtle Island Quartet looks like a typical string quartet: two violins, viola and cello. But in terms of sound, this group is anything but typical. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll go to Seattle to hear The Turtle Island Quartet playing "Alex in A Major," a new piece by their founding violinist, David Balakrishnan.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Claude Debussy: Masques
London Brass
Bold as Brass!
MCA 5955
Claude Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano
Joshua Roman, cello; Andrius Zlabys, piano
Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Kevin Haile from Danville, PA
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World": Movements 3 and 4
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Harding, conductor
Lucerne Festival, Concert Hall, Culture and Congress Centre, Lucerne, Switzerland
Hour 2
Reinhold Gliere: Romance, Op. 3
Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin; Olga Sitkovetsky, piano
Sasha Plays Romantic Russian Rarities
EMI 57025
David Balakrishnan: Alex in A Major
Turtle Island Quartet
Second Inversion, KING FM Studios, Seattle, WA
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in c minor, Op. 11
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
Reinhold Gliere: Trumpet Concerto: Movement 1
Brian Shaw, trumpet; Dallas Winds; Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
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