Poster Randall Goosby
Violinist Randall Goosby
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
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Randall Goosby

For more than 20 consecutive years now, students from top schools of music around the country have joined us as PT Young Artists in Residence...and not even a pandemic will keep us from doing it again this year! We'll continue this year's series with violinist Randall Goosby.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

George Gershwin, arr. Jonathan Tunick: But Not For Me
Joshua Bell, violin; London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
Gershwin Fantasy
SONY 60659

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Cavatina
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Skillman Music Recording Studio Brooklyn, NY

Florence Price: Elfentanz
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Skillman Music Recording Studio Brooklyn, NY

William Grant Still: Here's One
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Skillman Music Recording Studio Brooklyn, NY

Ennio Morricone: Gabriele's Oboe, from the film 'The Mission' (encore)
Davide Jager, oboe; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Markus Poschner, conductor
Stelio Molo Auditorium, RSI, Lugano, Switzerland

George Gershwin, arr. Jascha Heifetz: It ain't necessarily so
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Skillman Music Recording Studio Brooklyn, NY

Maurice Ravel: Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Skillman Music Recording Studio Brooklyn, NY

Hour 2

Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Movement 2 The Old Castle
Conrad Tao, piano
Pictures
Warner Classics 08256464056941

Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to Stiffelio
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Markus Poschner, conductor
LAC Lugano, Switzerland

Conrad Tao: Eventide for piano trio
Johnny Gandelsman, violin; Michael Nicolas, cello; Conrad Tao, piano
Bay Chamber Concerts, Rockport Opera House, Rockport, ME

George Frideric Handel: Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348, from Water Music
Music@Menlo ensemble
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Menlo, CA

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