Every day during Black History Month, we'll highlight an African American composer or musician. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear about composer Florence Price, and a story about how a treasure trove of her work was rediscovered.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 43 in A-flat Major, HOB XVI/43: Movement 3 Presto
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol 1
Hyperion 67554
Isaac Albeniz (arr. Enrique Fernando Arbos): Navarra
RTE National Symphony Orchestra; Duncan Ward, conductor
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G major , Hob. I:94, 'Surprise'
Michael Brown, piano; Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Erin Keefe & Danbi Um, violins; Richard O'Neill, viola; Mihai Marica, cello
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Black History Spotlight: Florence Price
Florence Price: Negro Folk Songs in Counterpoint
Robert Simonds and Kimberly Tichenor, violins; Meghan Casper, viola; Allison Braid Olsen, cello
String Quartet from the Louisville Orchestra, 90.5 WUOL Classical Louisville, Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, KY
Hour 2
Johannes Brahms: Two Intermezzos, Op. 118, Nos. 1 & 4
Lang Lang, piano
Haydn, Rachmaninov, Brahms, Tchaikovsky
Telarc 80524
Peter Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Jesters, from 'The Snow Maiden, Op. 12'
Baltic Sea Youth Orchestra; Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
Lang Lang, piano; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Cincinnatii Symphony Orchestra, Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH
Radiohead (arr. Sybarite5): Weird Fishes
sybarite5: Sami Merdinian and Sarah Whitney, violins; Angela Pickett, viola; Laura Metcalf, cello; Louis Levitt, bass
Interlochen Presents, Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall, Interlochen, MI
Radiohead (arr. Sybarite5): No Surprises
sybarite5: Sami Merdinian and Sarah Whitney, violins; Angela Pickett, viola; Laura Metcalf, cello; Louis Levitt, bass
Interlochen Presents, Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall, Interlochen, MI
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