The Acana tree can grow up to 90 feet, standing tall over wide-spreading roots. Its remarkably strong wood is essential to Cuban life and society. On today's show, hear music inspired by this majestic tree: Acana by the 2021 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tania León.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Donald Fraser: Epilogue for Strings
English Symphony Orchestra | Donald Fraser, conductor
Album: Donald Fraser: Songs for Strings
Avie 2391
Tania Leon: Acana
Basel Sinfonietta | Ilan Volkov, conductor
Don Basco Cultural Center, Basel, Switzerland
Philippe Gaubert: Trois Aquarelles for Flute, Cello, and Piano
Marya Martin, flute | Paul Watkins, cello | Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Bridgehampton Chamber Music, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Franz Schubert, arr. Kenneth Woods: Der Tod und das Madchen (Death and the Maiden), Variations and Lied
April Fredrick, soprano | English Symphony Orchestra | Kenneth Woods, conductor
English Symphony Orchestra, Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK
Hour 2
Joel Puckett: Concerto Duo Movement 1: The Great American Scream
Anthony McGill, clarinet | Demarre McGill, flute | Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra | Allen Tinkham, conductor
Album: Winged Creatures
Cedille 90000187
Franz Schubert: Introduction and Variations on "Trockne Blumen" for Flute and Piano
Demarre McGill, flute | Joyce Yang, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Adam Schoenberg: Finding Rothko
United States Marine Chamber Orchestra | Col. Jason K. Fettig, conductor
United States Marine Band, Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, Alexandria, VA
Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2, Movement 2 (encore) Blues
Benjamin Beilman, violin | Orion Weiss, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
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