A few years ago, composer Rick Sowash set a poem to music, creating a song. And then he turned that song into a musical conversation between flute and cello. On today's show, hear the Sylvan Trio perform the end result: Seasonal Breezes, by Rick Sowash.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto For Two Violins In D Minor, BWV 1043 Movement 3 Allegro
Pekka Kuusisto, Jaakko Kuusisto, violins | Tapiola Sinfonietta | Tero Latvala, concertmaster, conductor
Album: J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos
Ondine 980
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: Movement 1
Detroit Symphony Orchestra | Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Interlochen Presents, Kresge Auditorium, Interlochen, MI
Piano Puzzler
Contestant: Genevieve W. from Quakertown, PA
John Adams: Shaker Loops for String Orchestra
Pekka Kuusisto, violin | Maureen Nelson, violin | Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra | Pekka Kuusisto, conductor
SPCO, Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN
Hour 2
Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Movement 3: Moonlight
Virginia Symphony | JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Album: Seascapes: Virginia Symphony
Hampton 004
Bohuslav Martinu: Butterflies in the Flowers
Liza Stepanova, piano
Hugh Hodgson School of Music and UGA Performing Arts Center, Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Teng Yu-Hsien: Flowers in the Rainy Night
Taipei Music Academy Festival Orchestra | Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Taipei Music Academy and Festival, Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco, CA
Rick Sowash: Seasonal Breezes
Suzanne Bona, flute | Josh Aerie, cello | Greg Kostraba, piano
Sylvan Trio, First Congregational Church of Webster Groves, Webster Groves, MO
Jerome Moross: Symphony No. 1
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra | JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Classic Series, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
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