At 37 years old, composer Angelica Negron is well into adulthood. But her memories of childhood are a vital part of her grown-up creations. She's fascinated by childhood not for its simplicity, but for the complexity. On Performance Today, we'll hear one of Negron's latest compositions that's tinged with nostalgia both sweet and a little tart.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in B minor, No. 1, Op. 119, No. 1
Joyce Yang, piano
The Frederic Chopin Society (Live)
MPR 091108
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Ciranda das sete notas
Jack Penna, bassoon; Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra; Norman Huynh, conductor
Spoleto Festival USA, St Matthew's Lutheran Church, Charleston, SC
Johannes Brahms: String Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 88
Sean Lee, violin; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Matthew Lipman, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Angelica Negron: Tres Insultos Para Dos Violines - 3 Insults for 2 Violins
Mioi Takeda & Lynn Bechtold, violins
Miolina
Naxos 857711882
Hour 2
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Serenade, Op. 37
Steven Isserlis, cello; The Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Tchaikovsky, Cui, Glazunov, Rimsky-Korsakov
Virgin 91134
John Williams: Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra
Alan Baer, tuba; New York Philharmonic; David Robertson, conductor
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Brandon Ridenour): A Scheherazade Fantasy
Brandon Ridenour, trumpet; Cory Smythe, piano
Beaches Fine Arts Series, St. Pauls By The Sea church, Jacksonville, FL
Vilem Tausky: Coventry-Meditation for String Orchestra
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; David Danzmayr, conductor
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, St. John the DIvine Church, Houston, TX
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