Each week on Performance Today, we feature music written in the 21st century. But what does it mean to be a 21st century composer? Anna Clyne moved to New York and juggled jobs as a cellist, a waitress, a florist and an apartment cleaner until finally - a composing scholarship came through and her career took off. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear music by Anna Clyne.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Evgeny Kissin
Philips 456 871
Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano in A-flat Major, Op. 70
Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Juho Pohjonen, piano
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Alexander Glazunov: Five Novelettes: 2. Orientale. Allegro con brio; 5. All'ungherese
Mikhail Shmidt, violin; Kwanbin Park, violin; Mara Gearman, viola; Kevin Krentz, celloRussian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle; Natalya Ageyeva, artistic director
Classical KING FM, KING FM Studios, Seattle, WA
Peter Tchaikovsky: Natha Waltz
Evgeny Kissin, piano
FRSRF, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Henryk Pachulski: Suite in Memory of Peter Tchaikovsky, Op. 131
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Lukasz Borowicz, conductor
Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw, Poland
Hour 2
Jennifer Higdon: String Poetic: Nocturne
Jennifer Koh, violin; Reiko Uchida, piano
String Poetic
Cedille 103
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major
Livia Sohn, violin; Spoleto Chamber Orchestra: Geoff Nuttall, Mark Fewer, Daniel Phillips, Gabriela Diaz, violins; Masumi Rostad, viola; David Ying, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Pedja Muzijevic,
Spoleto Music Festival, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Lowell Liebermann: Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 23
Aaron Perdue, flute; Christopher McKiggan, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Anna Clyne: Prince of Clouds
Jaime Laredo, violin; Jennifer Koh, violin; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; James Feddeck, conductor
Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA
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