Poster David Shifrin
Clarinetist David Shifrin
Yale University, Photo: Yuki Tei
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David Shifrin

Clarinetist David Shifrin served as Artistic Director of Chamber Music Northwest for 40 years, and composer David Ludwig wrote a concerto to celebrate Shifrin's artistry and legacy. We'll hear it today—David Shifrin plays the world premiere of Ludwig's Les Adieux at a Chamber Music Northwest event in Portland, Oregon.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Leonard Bernstein: Slava
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra | Marin Alsop, conductor
Album: Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings
Naxos 508018

Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 2 Movement 1: Allegro con spirito
Kevin Chen, piano | Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra | John Morris Russell, conductor
Hilton Head International Piano Competition, part of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, First Presbyterian Church, Hilton Head Island, SC

David Ludwig: Les Adieux for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble
David Shifrin, clarinet | Chamber Music Northwest 2021 Summer Festival Artists
Chamber Music Northwest, Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, Portland, OR

Leonard Bernstein: Lonely Town
Michael Brown, piano
The Freda & Aaron Silberman Recital Series performed at Baruch Performing Arts Center at Baruch College, Engelman Recital Hall, New York, NY

Hour 2

Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Continuo in C Movement I: Allegro
Hilary Hahn, violin | Allan Vogel, oboe | Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra | Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Album: Hilary Hahn - Bach: Violin Concertos / Kahane, Los Angeles Chamber Ensemble
DG 986

Sophia Corri-Dussek: Selections from Airs Favoris, Livre 7
Guillaume Sutre, violin | Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp
Round Top Music Festival, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX

Robert Schumann: Fantasiestucke
Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio
Lillian & Robert Utsey Chamber Music Series, Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, K. 482 Movements 1 & 3
Jeffrey Kahane, piano | Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra | Jaime Martin, conductor
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA

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