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Julia Yang - PT Young Artist in Residence

Cellist Julia Yang - PT Young Artist in ResidenceNate Ryan

March 07, 2019

On this episode of Performance Today, meet cellist Julia Yang, our current PT Young Artist in Residence. Hear Ms. Yang and pianist Lee Dionne play music by Schumann, J.S. Bach, and Prokofiev, with a very special world premiere of "Horse of the Wind" by Dai Wei.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Antonin Dvorak: Nocturne for String Orchestra, Op. 40
Emerson String Quartet
Music from Saint Paul Sunday
MPR 203

Antonin Dvorak: Othello Overture Op. 93
Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude
Julia Yang, cello; Lee Dionne, piano
PT Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, St. Paul, MN

Sergei Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119: Movement 1
Julia Yang, cello; Lee Dionne, piano
PT Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, St. Paul, MN

Natalie Dietterich: Chainlink Fences
Addy Sterrett, soprano; 2017 Norfolk Festival Chorus and Orchestra; Simon Carrington, conductor
Yale Institute of Sacred Music, The Barn, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk, CT

Hour 2

Frank Martin: Fox Trot
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
European American Music
Teldec 90852

Robert Schumann: Overture to Genoveva
Houston Symphony; Marc Albrecht, conductor
Jones Hall, Houston, TX

Dai Wei: Horse of the Wind
Julia Yang, cello; Lee Dionne, piano
PT Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, St. Paul, MN

Robert Schumann: Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73
Julia Yang, cello; Lee Dionne, piano
PT Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, St. Paul, MN

Felix Mendelssohn: Fair Melusina Overture, Op. 32
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Thomas Zehetmair, conductor
Ordway Concert Hall, St Paul, MN