We're pleased to present pianist David Lai, one of our 2025 PT Young Artists in Residence. On today's show, David joins Fred Child for music and conversation at our Saint Paul studio.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, Mvt. 1
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello | Barnabas Kelemen, violin | Alexander Lonquich, piano
Album: Kodaly: Duo for Violin and Violoncello, Op. 7 - Dvorak: Piano Trio, Op. 90 'Dumky'
Alpha 737
Zhou Long: Song of the Ch'in
Cassatt String Quartet
Seal Bay Festival, Woodfords Congregational Church, Portland, ME
Anthony Barfield: Samsara
American Brass Quintet
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
Bohuslav Martinu: Cello Concerto No. 1 in D Major
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello | Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana | Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor
EBU, LAC Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland
Hour 2
Anthony DiLorenzo: Anthem of Hope: Houston Strong
ROCO | Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Album: ROCO: Visions Take Flight
Innova 016
J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971, Movement 1
David Lai, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul, MN
Claude Debussy: Prelude "the girl with the flaxen hair"
David Lai, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul, MN
Claude Debussy: Prelude "The Sunken Cathedral"
David Lai, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul, MN
Judah Adashi: The Sun Begins to Fade
ROCO | Delyana Lazarova, conductor
ROCO, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
George Gershwin: Prelude No. 2
David Lai, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul, MN
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 333 - I. Allegro
David Lai, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul, MN
Frederic Chopin: Sonata No. 3, Op. 58 - IV. Presto, non tanto
David Lai, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul, MN
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