Navajo pianist and composer Connor Chee recently wrote a piece inspired by the Navajo Code Talkers. Chee’s new work traces the brave journey of the Code Talkers through eleven minutes of music. Join us today to hear 'Unbroken' by Connor Chee.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Antonin Dvorak: Trio in e minor, Op. 90 "Dumky" Movement 6 Lento maestoso; Vivace
Weilerstein Trio
Album: Dvorak Trios
Koch 7657
Connor Chee: Unbroken
Connor Chee, piano
YCMPR Diversity Recording Project, St. Paul, MN
Piano Puzzler
Contestant: Joseph Gewirtz calling from Harrisburg, PA
Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Alisa Weilerstein, cello | Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra | Rafael Payare, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Hour 2
Florence Price: String Quartet No. 2: Movement 3
Catalyst Quartet
Album: UNCOVERED Vol. 2
Azica
Osvaldo Golijov: Lullaby and Doina
Ilya Gringolts, violin | Silvia Simionescu, viola | Chen Halevi, clarinet | Winfried Holzenkamp, bass | Matvey Demin, flute
Mizmorim Festival, Stadtcasino, Basel, Switzerland
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: Movements 1-2
Johnny Gandelsman, violin
Tippet Rise Art Center, The Olivier Music Barn, Fishtail, MT
Florence Price: Symphony No. 3
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic | David Neely, conductor
National Orchestral Institute & Festival, Elsie and Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD
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