Poster Toby Appel
Toby Appel, violist
Courtesy of artist, Julliard
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Toby Appel

Toby Appel is one of the top viola players around, and he’s also an excellent chef. Appel spent several years running a restaurant in Santa Fe, and, for a year, he was the personal chef for the artist Georgia O'Keeffe.  Join us today to hear chef Toby Appel and friends play the Phantasy Quintet by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Bohuslav Martinu: Sinfonia Concertante for Two Orchestras: Movement 4 Allegretto
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
Album: Concerto Grosso
Supraphon 110381

Inti Illimani, arr. LAGQ: La Fiesta de la Tirana
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Beaches Fine Arts Series, St. Paul's by-the-Sea Church, Jacksonville, FL

Traditional, arr. LAGQ: Shenandoah
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Beaches Fine Arts Series, St. Paul's by-the-Sea Church, Jacksonville, FL

Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata No. 3 for cello and piano, H. 340
Raphael Bell, cello | Jeewon Park, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA

Meira Warshauer: Symphony No. 1 Living Breathing Earth: Mvts 2-4
Western Piedmont Symphony | John G. Ross, conductor
Western Piedmont Symphony, First Baptist Church, Hickory, NC

Hour 2

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toccata Marziale
Eastman Wind Ensemble | Donald Hunsberger, conductor
Album: Eastman Wind Ensemble: Husa, Copland, Vaughan Williams
Sony 44916

Alberto Ginastera: Three Argentine Dances Op. 2
Alon Goldstein, piano
Baruch Performing Arts Center at Baruch College, Engelman Recital Hall, New York, NY

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
Alexander Sitkovetsky, Ani Kavafian, violins | Adam Walker, flute | Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord | Paul Neubauer, viola | Timothy Eddy, cello | Anthony Manzo, double bass
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet
Stephen Rose, violin | Stefan Hersh, violin | Toby Appel, viola | Phillip Ying, viola | Bion Tsang, cello
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO

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