When guitarist Jason Vieaux was preparing for his debut with the Nashville Symphony, he told Nashville Public Radio "This is the most time I've ever spent on any piece of music, ever...That's how hard it is." Hear Vieaux play Leshnoff's Guitar Concerto with the Nashville Symphony on Monday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Andrew York: Sunburst
Jason Vieaux, guitar
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Azica 71287
Antonin Dvorak: Mazurek Op. 49
Scott St. John, violin; River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
Franz Schubert: Notturno in E-flat major, Op. 148, D. 897
Sasha Kazovsky, violin; Amit Even-Tov, cello; Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Tippet Rise, LLC, The Domo, Fishtail, MT
Jonathan Leshnoff: Concerto for Guitar
Jason Vieaux, guitar; The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
The Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
Hour 2
Franz Schubert: Violin Sonata in a minor, D. 385: Movement 4 Allegro
Andrew Manze, violin; Richard Egarr, fortepiano
Schubert Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Harmonia Mundi 907 445
Francis Poulenc: Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet, FP. 100
Judy Dines, flute; Hassan Anderson, oboe; Terrance Patterson, clarinet; Joshua Hood, bassoon; Amanda Collins, French horn; Terrence Wilson, piano
Gateways Music Festival, Hochstein School of Music & Dance, Rochester, NY
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto con Molti Strumenti in G Minor, Per Sua Altezza Reale di Sassonia, RV 576
Venice Baroque Orchestra; Andrea Marcon, conductor
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Traditional (arr. Yi-Wen Jiang): Harvest Celebration from "Chinasong"
Shanghai Quartet: Weigang Li, violin; Yi-Wen Jiang, violin; Honggang Li, viola; Nicholas Tzavaras, cello
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Yan-Jun Hua: Reflection of the Moon in the Er-Quan Spring
Shanghai Quartet
Shanghai Quartet and Eugenia Zuckerman, China Song
Delos 3308
Wang Jie: Memories of That First Summer, Six Miniature Pieces for Piano, for Young Pianists and Their Whimsical Dreams: 6. Soft Strokes of Summer Breeze, Forwarding Letters to Mom's New Address on the Moon
Wu Xioafeng, piano
wangjiemusic.com
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