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Performance Today®

Jake Shimabukuro

Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro started playing ukulele when he was four years old. Over the past 20 or so years, he has redefined the limits of ukulele technique, style, and sound. On Monday, Shimabukuro joins us in the studio to talk about all things ukulele, and to play two of his solo pieces.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Duo in G major for violin and viola, K423
Chad Hoopes, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola
Late Night Rose, Lincoln Center Rose Studio, New York, NY

Paul Schoenfield: Four Music Videos: Samba
Kaplan-Weiss-Neuman Trio
Corpus Christi Chamber Music Society, Wolfe Recital Hall, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX

Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations: Nos. 9-15
Houston Symphony; Lawrence Foster, conductor
Jones Hall, Houston, TX

Hour 2

Jennifer Higdon: blue cathedral
Artosphere Festival Orchestra; Corrado Rovaris, conductor
Waltons Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR

Jake Shimabukuro: Ichigo Ichie
Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN

Traditional (arr. Jake Shimabukuro): Kawika
Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN

Henry Purcell: Music for The Fairy Queen
Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone, artistic directors
Philadelphia, PA

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