On today's show, we'll hear a piece for solo trumpet and orchestra by Wynton Marsalis. Throughout the piece, Marsalis gives us a quick history of the trumpet, from simple horns (literally) to the invention of brass and on to one of Marsalis's heroes: Louis Armstrong. Today, we’ll hear Wynton Marsalis's Trumpet Concerto, played by trumpeter Alison Balsom and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Christos Hatzis: String Quartet No. 1, Mvt. 4
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Album: Awakening
EMI Classics 5 58038 2
Gabriel Faure: Violin Concerto, Op. 14, Mvt. 1
Renaud Capucon, violin | Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra | Renaud Capucon, conductor
EBU, Dvoral Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
Marc Mellits: Discrete Structures
Laura Lentz, flute | Tze-Wen (Julia) Lin, piano
Payton Violins, Rochester, New York, NY
Osvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae for String Quartet
Owen Dalby, violin | Livia Sohn, violin | Ayane Kozasa, viola | Paul Wiancko, cello
Spoleto Festival USA Chamber Music Series, Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, SC
Hour 2
Wynton Marsalis: Blues Symphony, Mvt. 5
Philadelphia Orchestra | Christian Macelaru, conductor
Album: Blues Symphony: Wynton Marsalis Symphony No. 2
Blue Engine Records 39
Clarence Cameron White: Levee Dance Op. 6, No. 2
Simin Ganatra, violin | John Novacek, piano
Music in the Vineyards Festival, Silverado Vineyards, Napa, CA
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40, Mvt. 4
Sterling Elliott, cello | Wynona Wang, piano
Tippet Rise, The Olivier Music Barn, Tippet Rise Art Center, Fishtail, MT
Wynton Marsalis: Trumpet Concerto
Alison Balsom, trumpet | Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Christian Macelaru, conductor
EBU, Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
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