Composer Matthew Jackfert spent six months in the seaside city of Qingdao, China. Memories of the waves and wind and local culture stuck with him. On this episode of Performance Today, hear "On the Shores of Qingdao," by Matthew Jackfert, from a concert by the West Virginia University Symphony Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in E-Flat Major, BWV 1031 Movement 3 Allegro
James Austin Smith, oboe | Bridget Kibbey, harp
Album: Distance
TwoPianists Records 1039183
Florence Beatrice Price, arr. William Grant Still: Dances in the Canebrakes
Chicago Sinfonietta | Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Album: Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers
Cedille Records 91852
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
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2: Movements 2-4
The Orchestra Now | James Bagwell, conductor
Bard College, Bard's Fisher Center for The Performing Arts, Annandale On-Hudson, NY
Hour 2
Franz Schubert: 11 Ecossaises D781
Imogen Cooper, piano
Album: Imogen Cooper - Schubert Live - Volume 1
Avie 2156
Matthew Jackfert: On the Shores of Qingdao
Diego Gabete-Rodriguez, violin | West Virginia University Symphony Orchestra | Mitchell Arnold, conductor
West Virginia University College of Creative Arts School of Music, Lyell B. Clay Theatre, Morgantown, WV
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046
Daniel Phillips, violin
Cho-Liang Lin, Danbi Um, violin
Mark Holloway, viola
Colin Carr, cello
Joseph Conyers, double bass
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY
Joseph Haydn: Variations in F minor, H.XVII:6
Imogen Cooper, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
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