One dreary day when he was studying abroad, oboist James Austin Smith received a gift, a ray of sunshine. James's father had written a special piece as a gift for his son. On today's show, James Austin Smith plays "Three Angularities" by his father, composer Larry Alan Smith. Plus, music by composers Missy Mazzoli, Louise Farrenc, and Asako Hirabayashi.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Louise Farrenc: Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano Movement 3
Francois Salque, cello
Brigitte Engerer, piano
Romain Guyot, clarinet
Album: Farrenc: Musique de chambre
Naïve 5033
Missy Mazzoli: Dissolve, O My Heart
Jennifer Koh, violin
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Louise Farrenc: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 30
Eliot Heaton, violin
Hillary Herndon, viola
Max Geissler, cello
Justin McCullouch, bass
Esther Park, piano
Geneva Music Festival, Froelich Hall Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Larry Alan Smith: Three Angularities (2006)
James Austin Smith, oboe
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Hour 2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, Allemanda
Bella Hristova, violin
Album: Bella Unaccompanied
A.W. Tonegold Records NA
Asako Hirabayashi: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Kathryn Greenbank, oboe
Charles Ullery, bassoon
Asako Hirabayashi, piano
Bauman Fine Arts Series, Parkway United Church of Christ, Minneapolis, MN
Gyorgy Ligeti: Ballad and Dance for Two Violins
Wu Jie, violin | Bella Hristova, violin
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
William Walton: Viola Concerto
Nils Monkemeyer, viola
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana | Markus Poschner, conductor
LAC Arte e Cultura Lugano, Switzerland
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