Creating heartfelt emotion in abstract music is no small task. According to tenor Jack Swanson, it requires finding an internal place of relaxation capable of tapping into the same emotions the music evokes. On Thursday's Performance Today, Swanson joins Fred in the studio for music and conversation as our latest Young Artist in Residence.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Alan Hovhaness: Spirit of Trees, Sonata for Harp and Guitar: 2. Canon; 4. Moderato
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; David Leisner, guitar
Music of Alan Hovhaness
Telarc 80530
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major: Movement 4
Simone Porter, violin; Meng-Chieh Liu, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Martha Argerich, piano; Warsaw Phiharmonic Orchestra; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor
Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition, Concert Hall, Philharmonic, Warsaw, Poland
Alan Hovhaness: Prayer of Saint Gregory
Kevin Cobb, trumpet; Frank Almond, violin; Stefan Hersh, violin; Phillip Ying, viola; David Ying, cello
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Hour 2
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor: 1. Allegro Adagio
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
CPE Bach: Sonatas & Rondos
DG 459614
Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan, Op. 62, overture in C minor
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Roger Quilter: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Jack Swanson, tenor; Roderick Phipps-Kettlewell, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Benjamin Britten: The Salley Gardens
Jack Swanson, tenor; Roderick Phipps-Kettlewell, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Vincenzo Bellini: Ma rendi pur contento from Composizioni da Camara
Jack Swanson, tenor; Roderick Phipps-Kettlewell, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Francesco Paolo Tosti: L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra from 4 Canzoni d'Amaranta
Jack Swanson, tenor; Roderick Phipps-Kettlewell, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Johann Sebastian Bach (transc. Ferruccio Busoni): Chaconne in D minor, from Partita No. 2, BWV 1004
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
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