In 2006, Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov wrote a cello concerto for Yo-Yo Ma. A few years ago, we aired a much-loved performance of the piece (a PT listener favorite) but a recording of the concerto wasn't commercially available until 2016. On Wednesday's Performance Today, hear the widely anticipated recording of Osvaldo Golijov's "Azul", performed by cellist Yo-Yo Ma and chamber ensemble The Knights.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
MTT Michael Tilson Thomas
RCA 68288
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Oboe in E minor, TWV 51:e1
James Austin Smith, oboe; Geoff Nuttall, violin; Livia Sohn, violin; Gabriela Diaz, viola; David Ying, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Roger Reynolds from Ashland, VA
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85: Movements 3 & 4
Gautier Capucon, cello; San Francisco Symphony; Charles Dutoit, conductor
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
Hour 2
Zhao Jiping: Summer in the high Grassland
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Members of the Silk Road Ensemble
Beyond the Horizon
Sony 93962
Claude Debussy: Trois Chansons
Center City Brass Quintet: Anthony DiLorenzo, trumpet; Geoffrey Hardcastle, trumpet; Richard King, horn; Ko-Ichiro Yamamoto, trombone; Craig Knox, tuba
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Henry Purcell: Six Keyboard Lessons
Fabio Zanon, guitar
Americas Society, Salon Simon Bolivar, New York, NY
Osvaldo Golijov: Azul
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Michael Ward-Bergeman, hyper-accordion; Jamey Haddad, percussion; Cyro Baptista, percussion; The Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Azul
Warner Classics 559989
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