Composer and pianist Aldo Lopez-Gavilan has twin daughters. He wrote a little tune for their birthday, inspired by a beautiful place. Now he's expanded that tune into a full concerto. On this weekend's Performance Today, hear Emporium by Aldo Lopez-Gavilan, in a performance from the Classical Tahoe festival.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Astor Piazzolla: Milonga en re
Gidon Kremer, violin
Hommage a Piazzolla
Nonesuch 79407
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Tuileries
Awadagin Pratt, piano
Awadagin Pratt: Transformations
EMI 56836
George Enescu: String Octet in C Major, Op. 7: Movements 3-4
Bella Hristova, Danbi Um, Arnaud Sussmann, Soovin Kim, violins; Paul Neubauer, Richard Oââ¬â¢Neill, violas; Nicholas Canellakis, Clive Greensmith, cellos
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Kristen Zoetewey from Grand Rapids, MI
Astor Piazzolla (arr. Jeff Scott): Contrabajissimo
Imani Winds
Beaches Fine Arts Series, St. Paul's by the Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
Hour 2
Vincenzo Bellini: Chi veggio La regina: Act II Finale From La Straniera
Pretty Yende, soprano; Piero Pretti, tenor; Mattia Olivieri, baritone; Carlo Lepore, bass; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi; Giacom Sagripanti, conductor
Dreams
Sony Music Entertainment 617
Charles Gounod: Ah! Je veux vivre, from 'Romeo et Juliette'
Pretty Yende, soprano; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Guiseppe Verdi; Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor
Dreams
Sony Music Entertainment 617
Aldo Lopez-Gavilan: Emporium for Solo Piano and Orchestra
Aldo Lopez-Gavilan, piano; The Classical Tahoe Orchestra; Joel Revzen, conductor
Classical Tahoe, The Pavilion, Incline Village, NV
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sinfonia in C Major for Strings, W. 182, No. 3
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Danbi Um, violin; Daniel Phillips, violin; Yura Lee, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello; David Grossman, double bass; Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord
University of Georgia, Performing Arts Center, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
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