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 result: Seasonal Breezes by Rick Sowash.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Jennifer Margaret Barker: Na Tri Peathraichean: Gearr Aonach
Alice K. Dade, flute | John Novacek, piano
Album: Living Music
Naxos 559831
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Korean Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra | Francisco Valero-Terribas, conductor
Concert Hall, Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
Piano Puzzler
Contestant: Lorelei Costa from Kitty Hawk, NC
Paquito D'Rivera: Aires tropicales (selections)
Alice K. Dade, flute | Cassie Pilgrim, oboe | Anton Rist, clarinet | Fei Xie, bassoon | Kaitlyn Resler, horn
Festival Mozaic, Harold J. Miossi Cultural and Performing Arts, San Luis Obispo, CA
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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