Pianist Lara Downes's passion for sharing the music of underrepresented composers goes beyond performing onstage. She's also been hard at work making this previously overlooked music accessible for other musicians to play. On today's show, Lara Downes plays Harry T. Burleigh's "From the Southland" at a concert in Brevard, North Carolina.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Steven Banks: Come As You Are, Mvt. 3: Strength of My Life
Steven Banks, saxophone | Lara Downes, piano
Album: Settle: Migration Music Part 3
Rising Sun 015
Dmitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture in A Major, Op. 96
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra | Stanislav Kochanovsky, conductor
EBU, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Holstenhall, Neumunster, Germany
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Alisa Weilerstein, cello | Estonian Festival Orchestra | Paavo Jarvi, conductor
EBU, Concert Hall, Parnu, Estonia
Harry T. Burleigh: From the Southland (excerpts)
Lara Downes, piano
Brevard Music Center, Parker Concert Hall, Brevard Music Center, Brevard, NC
Hour 2
Courtney Bryan: House of Pianos: V. Praise House
Courtney Bryan, piano | Max Moran, double bass | Radio Bird Quartet
Album: House of Pianos: V. Praise House - Single
B&H Music Publishing Inc.
Jimmy Lopez Bellido: Peru Negro
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic | Daniel Hege, conductor
National Orchestral Institute + Festival, Elsie and Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall, College Park, MD
Claude Debussy: Estampes, L. 100
David Fung, piano
Manhattan Chamber Players, Maverick Concerts, Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock, NY
Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte, for strings
Danish String Quartet
EBU, Mogens Dahl Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
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