Cristina Cutts Dougherty says the tuba is capable of anything. "We're still figuring out how to play this instrument," she said, "but we're going to take over." Our first tuba-playing Young Artist in Residence, Cutts Dougherty joins us on the next Performance Today, from APM.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Claude Debussy: Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)
Janine Jansen, violin; Itamar Golan, piano
Album: Beau Soir
London/Decca 15249
William Grant Still: Prince and the Mermaid Suite
Oregon String Quartet
Album: William Grant Still
Koch 7546
Johannes Brahms: Trio in A Minor for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op. 114
Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet; Julie Albers, cello; Hanna Hyunjung Kim, piano
SPCO, Sundin Hall, Hamline University, Saint Paul, MN
Claude Debussy, arr. Arnold Schoenberg: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Camerata Pacifica
Rothenberg Hall, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
Hour 2
Chris Brubeck: Variations on Themes by Bach (BWV 924a & BWV 846a)
London Symphony Orchestra; Joel Revzen, conductor
Album: Bach to Brubeck
KOCH International Classics
Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70 (arr. for tuba & piano)
Cristina Cutts Dougherty, tuba | Blair Salter, piano
PT Young Artist in Residence Series, Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX
Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Partita in A minor - II: Corrente (arr. for tuba)
Cristina Cutts Dougherty, tuba | Blair Salter, piano
PT Young Artist in Residence Series, Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX
Florence Price: Adoration (arr. for tuba & piano)
Cristina Cutts Dougherty, tuba | Blair Salter, piano
PT Young Artist in Residence Series, Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX
Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48: Movement 2: Valse
The Classical Tahoe Orchestra; Joel Revzen, conductor
Classical Tahoe, The Pavilion, Incline Village, NV
Jan Krzywicki: Ballade
Cristina Cutts Dougherty, tuba | Blair Salter, piano
PT Young Artist in Residence Series, Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX
Anthony Plog: 3 Miniatures
Cristina Cutts Dougherty, tuba | Blair Salter, piano
PT Young Artist in Residence Series, Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX
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