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Cellist Leland Ko

Cellist Leland KoPhoto: Ian Kim

March 20, 2023

On today's show, we'll introduce you to cellist Leland Ko in our latest installment of the 2023 PT Young Artists in Residence series. Leland and pianist Adria Ye join Fred Child for music and conversation at our studio in St. Paul.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Donald Fraser: Epilogue for Strings
English Symphony Orchestra | Donald Fraser, conductor
Album: Donald Fraser: Songs for Strings
Avie 2391

Clarice Assad: The Book of Spells  Chapter I, Love and Relationships: The Siren's Seduction
The Merian Ensemble
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Pre-Concert Chamber Music Series, Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA

Agustin Barrios: Caazapa
Anabel Montesinos, guitar
Mediterranean Guitar Festival, St Sebastian Hermitage, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
English Symphony Orchestra | Kenneth Woods, conductor
English Symphony Orchestra, Cadogan Hall, London, UK

Hour 2

George Gershwin arr. Brad Dechter: Someone To Watch Over Me
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin | London Symphony Orchestra | Keith Lockhart, conductor
Album: Serenade: The Love Album
E One 7792

Florence Price: The Deserted Garden
Leland Ko, cello | Adria Ye, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, St. Paul, MN

Florence Price: Elfentanz
Leland Ko, cello | Adria Ye, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, St. Paul, MN

Antonin Dvorak: Peace
Leland Ko, cello | Adria Ye, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, St. Paul, MN

Leonard Bernstein, arr. J.A.C. Redford: Somewhere, from West Side Story
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin | London Symphony Orchestra | Keith Lockhart, conductor
Album: Serenade: The Love Album
E One 7792

Sulkhan Tsintsadze: Five Folk Pieces for Cello and Piano: Nos. 1 & 2
Leland Ko, cello | Adria Ye, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series,  Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, St. Paul, MN

Fazil Say: Bodrum from Four Cities
Leland Ko, cello | Adria Ye, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series,  Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, St. Paul, MN