O.K., we don't have them playing together. But cellist Yo-Yo Ma will talk about developing his own style before he plays the Dvorak concerto with Hans Graf and the Houston Symphony. And pianist Lang Lang joins Fred Child in the studio for some conversation and a Chinese folk tune.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Zhao Jiping: "Smmer in the High Grassland"
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
Gabriel Faure: "Une chatelaine en sa tour," Op. 110
Harpist Emmanuel Ceysson
Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Thomas Tallis: "God Grant With Grace" from "Nine Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter"
Stile Antico
Antonin Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma with the Houston Symphony and conductor Hans Graf
Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, Houston
Hour 2
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Russian Dance"
Trio Voronezh
Traditional Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul: "Autumn Moon on a Lake"
Pianist Lang Lang
Charles Forsberg: "The Exaltation of Christ"
The St. Olaf Choir with conductor Anton Armstrong
Boe Memorial Chapel, Northfield, Minnesota
Peter Tchaikovsky: Second, third and fourth movements from Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
The National Philharmonic of Russia with conductor Vladimir Spivakov
Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
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