For composer Kevin Puts, the key of C major is a sonic representation of "home." It's familiar and comforting. In 2019, Puts wrote a string quartet that begins with that familiar key, but goes on to what Puts calls "the search for new and unfamiliar harmonic terrain." He wanted the music to explore the sonic possibilities, but then return to his musical idea of home. Puts knew that, however he got there, the feeling of home would be changed by the journey. Join us today to hear the Miro Quartet play Home by Kevin Puts.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joaquin Turina: Circulo Op. 91: Mvt 1 Amanecer (Dawn)
Lincoln Trio
Album: Turina: Chamber Music For Strings And Piano
Cedille 1450
Joaquin Turina: La Oracion del Torero, Op.34 (The Bullfighter's Prayer)
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL
Piano Puzzler
Contestant: Eli Robbins calling from Peachtree City, GA
Music: 09:46
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique": Mvts. 1-2
Chineke! Orchestra | Andrew Grams, conductor
BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Hour 2
Kevin Puts: Credo: I. The Violin Guru of Katonah
Miro Quartet
Album: The Miro Quartet Live!
Longhorn Music
Erno Dohnanyi: Serenade in C Major, Op. 10
New York Philharmonic String Trio: Frank Huang, violin | Cynthia Phelps, viola | Carter Brey, cello
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Jean Sibelius: Elegie, from King Christian II Suite
Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra | Robert Manno, conductor
Catskill Mountain Foundation, Doctorow Center for the Arts, Hunter, NY
Kevin Puts: Home
Miro Quartet
Skaneateles Festival, First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY
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