The Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra asked Byron Yasui to write a concerto for ukulele. He wasn't quite sure that he could balance the quiet ukulele with the power of an orchestra, but he accepted the challenge. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear the world premiere of Yasui's concerto in Honolulu.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119: 2. Moderato
Truls Mork, cello; Lars Vogt, piano
Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Prokofiev
Virgin 45274
Samuel Barber: Adagio from String Quartet, Op. 11
Italian Saxophone Quartet
Beaches Fine Arts Jacksonville, St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
Ferruccio Busoni: Concerto for Piano, Orchestra and Male Choir, Op. 39: 4. All'Italiana (Tarantella); 5. Cantico (with Chorus)
Garrick Ohlsson, piano; Warsaw Phiharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Phiharmonic Male Choir; Wojciech Rajski, conductor
Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition, Concert Hall, Philharmonic, Warsaw, Poland
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 102, No. 1
Truls Mork, cello; Jan Lisiecki, piano
Verbier Festival, Verbier Church, Verbier, Switzerland
Hour 2
Darius Milhaud: String Quartet No. 12: 1. modere, anime, modere
Parisii Quartet
Darius Milhaud: Quatuors a Cordes Nos. 12, 4, 9, 3
Naive 4930
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in F Major, K. 138
Calidore String Quartet
The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL
Darius Milhaud: La cheminee du Roi Rene
City of Tomorrow Wind Quintet
Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Byron Yasui: Concerto for Ukulele and Orchestra, "Campanella", Movements 1, 3
Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele; Hawaii Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Neal Blaisdell Concert Hall, Honolulu, HI
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