It seems to be human nature that when something is forbidden it becomes all the more enticing. When Jon Nakamatsu was a boy, no one in his family was allowed to touch the piano. Can see where this is going? On today's show, the story of how Jon Nakamatsu became a pianist.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Jennifer Higdon: String Poetic: Nocturne
Jennifer Koh, violin; Reiko Uchida, piano
String Poetic
Cedille 103
Charles Griffes: Poem for Flute and Orchestra
Mimi Stillman, flute; Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle; Lorenzo Muti, conductor
Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Carolina Theater, Durham, NC
Felix Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 2 Op. 58
Jonah Ellsworth, cello; Heng-Jin Park, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Missy Mazzoli: Dissolve, O My Heart
Jennifer Koh, violin
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Hour 2
John Novacek: from Four Rags for Two Jons: 4th Street Drag
Jon Manasse, clarinet; Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Bernstein, Gershwin, Novacek, D'Rivera: American Music for Clarinet & Piano
Harmonia Mundi 907508
Antonio Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in D Minor Op. 8 No. 9, RV 454
James Austin Smith, oboe; Geoff Nuttall, violin; Owen Dalby, violin; Meena Bhasin, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord
The Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Muzio Clementi: Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 5
Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Southeastern Piano Festival, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, SC
Zhao Jiping: Pipa Concerto No. 2
Wu Man, pipa; Lexington Symphony; Jonathan McPhee, conductor
Lexington Symphony, Cary Memorial Hall, Lexington, MA
Traditional: White Snow in Spring (encore)
Wu Man, pipa
Lexington Symphony, Cary Memorial Hall, Lexington, MA
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