In 2013, at the age of 30, Caroline Shaw won the Pulitzer Prize for music. Her ambition and expressive ability as a composer have only continued to grow. On Thursday's Performance Today, hear the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra perform new music by Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte for String Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Frank Martin: Fox Trot
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
European American Music
Teldec 90852
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110
Gilbert Kalish, piano; Yura Lee, violin; Keith Robinson, cello
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Erkbeck Eryilmaz: Flying Sirto
Andres Cardenes, violin; River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Andres Cardenes, conductor
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier De Saint-Georges: Symphony No. 1 in G, Op 11, No. 1
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance, Op. 46: No.3 in A-flat Major
The Cleveland Orchestra; Cristoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
Dvorak -- Slavonic Dances
London/Decca 430171
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Passacaglia in G minor for Solo Violin: The Guardian Angel, from The Mystery Sonatas
Yura Lee, violin
Music@Menlo, Stent Family Hall, Menlo School, Atherton, CA
Antonin Dvorak: Quintet in A Major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, B. 155, Op. 81: Movements 1, 3-4
Wu Han, piano; Chad Hoopes, violin; Paul Huang, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola; Dmitri Atapine, cello
UGA & the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte for String Orchestra
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN
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