When the young wind quintet called WindSync plays a concert, they memorize their music and play without music stands. Why do they do this? We'll find out on Tuesday's Performance Today, when WindSync joins Fred in the studio for music and conversation.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Igor Stravinsky: Duet for 2 Bassoons; Scherzo a la Russe
Frank Morelli, Dennis Godburn, bassoons Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Shadow Dances
DG 453 458
Johannes Brahms: Selected Waltzes for Two Pianos, Op. 39: No. 1 in B Major; No. 2 in E Major; No. 6 in C# Major; No. 9 in d minor; No. 11 in b minor; No. 15 in Ab Major; No. 16 in c# minor; No. 14 in G# Major
Alessio Bax, piano; Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Vail Music Festival, Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek, CO
Sergei Prokofiev: Classical Symphony: Movement 1
WindSync: Garrett Hudson, flute; Erin Tsai, oboe; Jack Marquardt, clarinet, Anni Hochhalter, horn;
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Jean Francaix: Wind Quintet: Movement 4
WindSync: Garrett Hudson, flute; Erin Tsai, oboe; Jack Marquardt, clarinet, Anni Hochhalter, horn;
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Antonin Dvorak: American Quartet: Movement 4
WindSync: Garrett Hudson, flute; Erin Tsai, oboe; Jack Marquardt, clarinet, Anni Hochhalter, horn;
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Igor Stravinsky: Four Norwegian Moods
United States Marine Chamber Orchestra; Major Micheal J. Colburn, conductor
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
Hour 2
Claude Debussy: Clair de lune
Renaud Capucon, violin; Jerome Ducros, piano
Capriccio Violin Pieces
Virgin 74807
Carlo Domeniconi: The Bridge of the Birds, Op. 90
Yameng Wang, guitar
Spivey Hall, Morrow, GA
Claude Debussy: Nocturnes: 1. Nuages; 2. Fetes; 3. Sirenes
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Philharmonic Chorus; Matthew Kraemer, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Franz Schubert: Quartettsatz in C Minor
Hermes Quartet Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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