When he was 5 years old, Conrad Tao began taking piano lessons with a gentleman named Emilio del Rosario. Rosario had a profound influence on Tao's musical life and now, almost 20 years later, Conrad Tao has written a piece in honor of his former teacher. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear that piece: "A walk (for Emilio)."
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Gabriel Faure: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 120
Boston Trio: Irina Muresanu, violin; Astrid Schween, cello; Heng-Jin Park, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Zoltan Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Ekaterina Walter-Kuhne: Fantasy on Themes from Eugene Onegin, for solo harp
Sivan Magen, harp
Staunton Music Festival, Trinity Episcopal Church, Staunton, VA
Hour 2
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in d minor, Op. 76, no. 2
Danish String Quartet
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Herbert Owen Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana: Movements 1 & 3
State Symphonic Band of Sao Paulo; Shawn Smith, conductor
Instituto Pensarte, Sala Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Conrad Tao: A walk (for Emilio)
Conrad Tao, piano
Pictures
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