21st century composer Thierry Escaich uses traditional melodies as a starting point, then moves them to unexpected territory. On Friday's Performance Today, hear the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra perform the world premiere of "Psalmos, Concerto for Orchestra" by Thierry Escaich.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Alexander Scriabin: Two Etudes: C-sharp minor, F-sharp minor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Alexander Scriabin - The Complete Etudes
Bridge 9287
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Kegelstatt Trio, K. 498
Todd Palmer, clarinet; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Elliot Cole: Postlude No. 8
Richard Brown, Riely Francis, Craig Hausschildt, Tom Sherwood, bowed vibraphones; GTMF Chamber Musicians
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Ferruccio Busoni: Concerto for Piano, Orchestra and Male Choir, Op. 39: Movement 3
Garrick Ohlsson, piano; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Wojciech Rajski, conductor
17th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Concert Hall, Philharmonic, Warsaw, Poland
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Bobby McFerrin, conductor
Paper Music
Sony 64600
Mily Balakirev: Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
University of Georgia, Hugh Hogson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Thierry Escaich: Psalmos, Concerto for Orchestra
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Springer Auditorium, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
John Woolrich: Ulysses Awakes
Maiya Papach, viola; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christian Zacharias, conductor
SPCO, Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, MN
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