When cellist Bion Tsang was in grad school, he realized that he didn't really know what it means to play the cello. Ever since, he's been laser-focused on the meaning of making music. We'll hear cellist Bion Tsang play a cello sonata by Erno Dohnanyi in concert on today's show.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor, Op. 30 Movement 2: Allegretto Vivo e Scherzo
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Album: Tchaikovsky: St. Lawrence String Quartet
EMI 57144
Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Yibai Chen, cello | Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra | Nikolai Alexeev, conductor
The XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition, Grand Hall of the D.D. Shostakovich St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonia, St. Petersburg, Russia
Joaquin Turina: Quartet for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 67
Kristof Barati, violin | David Harding, viola | Ani Aznavoorian, cello | Piers Lane, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Erno Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet in C Minor, Op. 1 Movement 2
Stephen Prutsman, piano | St. Lawrence String Quartet
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Hour 2
Miklos Rozsa: El Cid: Love Theme
Daniel Hope, violin | Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra | Alexander Shelley, conductor
Album: Escape to Paradise: The Hollywood Album
DG 4792954
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3: Movement 6 Langsam
Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra | Robert Manno, conductor
Windham Chamber Music Festival, Windham Center for the Arts, Windham, NY
Maurice Ravel: Kaddish
Daniel Hope, violin | Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano
Savannah Music Festival, Trinity United Methodist Church, Savannah, GA
Erno Dohnanyi: Cello Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 8
Bion Tsang, cello | Adam Neiman, piano
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
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