At the age of ten, American violinist Rachel Barton Pine debuted with the Chicago Symphony. She was also the first and youngest American to win the gold medal at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition. We'll hear from one of Rachel Barton Pine's most recent projects on today's show.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Antonin Dvorak: String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48 Movement 3: Furiant: Presto
Arnaud Sussmann, Nicolas Dautricourt, violins | Paul Neubauer, Yura Lee violas | Narek Hakhnazaryan, David Finckel, cellos
Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival and Institute, Spieker Center for the Arts, Menlo Park, CA
Michael Dudley: Prayer for Our Times
Sphinx Virtuosi
Lillian & Robert Utsey Chamber Music Series, Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Francesco Geminiani: Concerto Grosso in D minor, H. 143, "La Folia"
Chad Hoopes, Aaron Boyd, solo violins | Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, solo viola | Dmitri Atapine, solo cello | Ani Kavafian, Kristin Lee, violins | Paul Neubauer, viola | Mihai Marica, cello | Scott Pingel, bass | Wu Han, harpsichord
Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival and Institute, Spieker Center for the Arts, Menlo Park, CA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major, Op. 35 'Eroica Variations'
Yunchan Lim, piano
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, TCU Van Cliburn Concert Hall, Fort Worth, TX
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2 Movement 3
Rachel Barton Pine, violin | Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Neville Marriner, conductor
Album: Mozart Violin Concertos
Avie 2317
Cesar Franck, arr. Harold Bauer: Prelude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Traditional Scottish: Da Full Rigged Ship/Da New Rigged Ship
Maxwell Quartet
Bay Chamber Concerts, Rockport Opera House, Rockport, ME
Jane Finlayson: Fear a Bhata (The Boatman)
Maxwell Quartet
Bay Chamber Concerts, Rockport Opera House, Rockport, ME
Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 Movement 4: Burlesque
Rachel Barton Pine, violin | Royal Scottish National Orchestra | Tito Munoz, conductor
Album: Dependent Arising
Cedille
Earl Maneein: Violin Concerto "Dependent Arising": Movements 2-3
Rachel Barton Pine, violin | Royal Scottish National Orchestra | Tito Munoz, conductor
Album: Dependent Arising
Cedille
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