Grazyna Bacewicz was a composer in Poland in the mid-20th century. Even during the Second World War, she was part of an underground concert scene. We'll hear a piece she wrote in Warsaw in the middle of 1943 on this episode of Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Florence Beatrice Price: Five Folksongs in Counterpoint Movement 1 Calvary
Apollo Chamber Players
Album: Apollo Chamber Players: Blurred Boundaries
Navona 6038
Philip Glass: Etude No. 6
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Aspen Music Festival and School | Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CA
Bohuslav Martinu: Fantasia for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet, and Piano
Carolina Eyck, theremin | Elizabeth Priestly Siffert, oboe | Alejandro Barranon, piano
Apollo Chamber Players, Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH), Houston, TX
Grazyna Bacewicz: Uwertura
Basel Sinfonietta | Jessica Horsley, conductor
Casino, Bern, Switzerland
Robert Schumann: Marchenerzahlungen for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op. 132
David Shifrin, clarinet | Paul Neubauer, viola | Gloria Chien, piano
String Theory at the Hunter, The Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Hour 2
John Williams: Olympic Fanfare and Theme, written for 1984 Olympic Games
Boston Pops | John Williams, conductor
Album: John Williams Greatest Hits 1969-1999
Sony 51333
Erwin Schulhoff: Concertino for flute, viola and double bass
Robert Cronin, flute, Jessica Oudin, viola, Joe McFadden, bass
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra-Pre-Concert Chamber Music Series, Symphony Hall - Atlanta, GA
Stephen Sondheim: Into the Woods: No One Is Alone
Boston Pops Orchestra | John Williams, conductor
Album: Music of the Night: Pops on Broadway 1990
Sony 45567
Stephen Sondheim: A Little Night Music: Send in the Clowns
Boston Pops Orchestra | John Williams, conductor
Album: The Jukebox Album
Sony
Stephen Sondheim: Evening Primrose: I Remember
Lara Downes, piano
Album: For Lenny
Sony
Marcus Maroney: OK, Goodbye
Christina Jennings, flute | Matt Dane, viola d'amore | ROCO | Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
ROCO, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
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