Hannah Lash knew from a young age that she wanted to be a composer, but she hadn't yet learned how to read or write music. So, Hannah developed her own system for writing music using triangles, squiggles, and x's. On today's show, hear pianist Jeremy Denk and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra play "In Pursuit of Flying," by American composer Hannah Lash.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Christos Hatzis: String Quartet No 1 Movement 4
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Album: Awakening
EMI Classics 5 58038 2
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 28
St. Lawrence String Quartet
The Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Tejas Srinivasan calling from Middlebury, VE
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet
Gregory Ewer, violin
Ling Ling Huang, violin
Chiara Kingsley Dieguez, viola
Madeline Sharp, viola
Thomas Carpenter, cello
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Hour 2
Irene Britton Smith: Sonata Movement 2 Andante
Gregory Walker, violin | Helen Walker-Hill, piano
Album: Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women
Leonarda 339
Wang Jie: Symphony No. 1 "Awakening"
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra | JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Hannah Lash: Concerto No. 1 "In Pursuit of Flying" for Piano and Orchestra: Movements 2-3
Jeremy Denk, piano
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra | Teddy Abrams, conductor
SPCO, Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN
George Walker: Violin Sonata No. 1
Gregory Walker, violin | Irina Lupines, piano
George Walker's 95th year Celebration, Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
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