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Remember Parihaka

In the 1860s, the Maori village of Parihaka was founded in New Zealand. When white troops came to seize the land, the villagers responded with non-violent resistance. We'll hear a piece called Remember Parihaka by New Zealand composer Anthony Ritchie on today's show.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Jimmy Lopez: Fiesta! Movements 1 & 2
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra | Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Album: INTI: Three Centuries of Peruvian Music
FWSO LIVE

Anthony Ritchie: Remember Parihaka, Op. 61
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand

Bruce Adolphe: Couple
David Finckel, cello | Wu Han, piano
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, Op. 12, No. 2
James Ehnes, violin | Andrew Armstrong, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA

Hour 2

Edward Joseph Collins: Canons
Anna Polonsky, piano
Album: Music of Edward Collins, Vol. X
Troy 1230

Giovanni Legrenzi: Sonata 'La cetra'
Il Giardino Armonico | Giovanni Antonini, conductor
Actus Humanus Festival, Artus Court, Gdansk, Poland

Robert Schumann: Arabesque for Piano
Anna Polonsky, Piano
Lillian and Robert Utsey Chamber Music Endowment, Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Gabriela Lena Frank: Walkabout: Concerto for Orchestra
Oregon Symphony | Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR

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