Fei Xie is the Principal Bassoon for the Minnesota Orchestra. Before that, he was the principal bassoonist of the Baltimore Symphony. When he won that role with the Baltimore Symphony in 2012, Xie became the first Chinese-born bassoonist to hold a principal position in a major American orchestra. We'll hear Fei Xie play a Mozart bassoon concerto with the Minnesota Orchestra on today's show.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
John Williams: Memoirs of a Geisha: Sayuri's Theme
Robert deMaine, cello | Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra | Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Album: Celebrating John Williams
DG 29939
Edvard Grieg: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 36
Robert deMaine, cello | Orion Weiss, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Center for Chamber Music, Seattle WA
Carl Maria von Weber, arr. Hector Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra | JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Joel Thompson: America Will Be!
Tonality | Alexander Lloyd Blake, conductor
Album: America Will Be
Tonality
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Impresario Overture
The Empire Brass
Album: Mozart for Brass
Telarc 80332
Jocelyn Morlock: Solace
ROCO | David Danzmayr, conductor
ROCO, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
Jennifer Higdon: Piano Trio "Color Through" movement 2: Brilliant Blue
Geoffrey Herd, violin | Hannah Collins, cello | Esther Park, piano
Geneva Music Festival, Froelich Hall Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Stephen Hough: Sonata No. 4 (Vida Breve)
Stephen Hough
Tippet Rise, Olivier Music Barn, Tippet Rise Art Center, Fishtail, MT
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto in B-flat major for Bassoon and Orchestra, K. 186
Fei Xie, bassoon | Minnesota Orchestra | Osmo Vanska, conductor
Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
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