The Chiara String Quartet memorizes its repertoire before setting foot on stage. That may sound overwhelming, but according to them, making the decision to lose the music was freeing. On Friday's Performance Today, the Chiara String Quartet joins Fred in the studio for music and conversation.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Claude Debussy (arr. Arnold Schoenberg): Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun L.86
Lake George Music Festival Chamber Players; Roger Kalia, conductor
Lake George Music Festival, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Queensbury, NY
Robert Beaser: Selections from "Mountain Songs" for Flute and Guitar: 1. Barbara Allen; 2. House Carpenter; 5. Cindy
Marya Martin, flute; Jason Vieaux, guitar
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36: Movements 2-4
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Mirga Grazynte-Tyla, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Hour 2
Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Gabriela Lena Frank: Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
Chiara String Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, St. Paul, MN
Frederic Chopin: Nocturne in F Sharp Minor, Op. 15, No. 2
Stephen Hough, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, 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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