When he was five years old, Avi Avital's mother asked him which musical instrument he would like to play. The Avital family had an upstairs neighbor who practiced the mandolin; Avi didn't hesitate for a moment in choosing the same instrument. 30 years later, he's on top of the classical mandolin world. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear Avi Avital in concert.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Peter Tchaikovsky: Snowflake Waltz
Houston Symphony; Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
Tchaikovsky Waltzes
ProArte 251
Frederic Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 64: No. 1 in D-flat Major; No. 2 in C-sharp Minor; No. 3 in A-flat Major
Rafal Blechacz, piano
Union College Concert Series, Memorial Chapel, Union College, Schenectady, NY
Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole in D minor, Op. 21: Movements 1, 4-5
Frank Huang, violin; Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX
Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 8, No. 4
Todd Palmer, clarinet; Livia Sohn, violin; Hsin-Yun Huang, viola; Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Bank of America's Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Hour 2
Francis Poulenc: Album de Six and Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel selections
French National Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor
Poulenc: Aubade - Las Biches
London 452937
Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Springer Auditorium, Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano
Nadine Asin, flute; Anton Nel, piano
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
David Bruce: Cymbeline
Avi Avital, mandolin; Dover Quartet
Savannah Music Festival, Temple Mickve Israel, Savannah, GA
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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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