Carter Pann's Mercury Concerto is a celebration of love and friendship. Friendship between composer Pann and flutist Christina Jennings, who premiered the piece. And love between Jennings and her husband, violist Matthew Dane. In today's show, we'll hear the world premiere of Pann's Mercury Concerto, a showcase for the flute, with a few shining moments for the viola as well.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: First movement from Concerto in C Minor for Oboe, Violin, and Strings, BWV 1060
Allan Vogel, oboe, Hilary Hahn, violin, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Yefim Rosenfeld: My Happiness
The Astor Quartet
Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Ontario
Juan Carlos Cobian: Los Mareados
The Astor Quartet
Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Ontario
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Shawn Hampton from Round Rock, Texas
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-flat, K. 238
Jeffrey Kahane, piano and conductor, the New York Philharmonic
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
Kenneth Frazelle: Fiddler's Galaxy
Joseph Swensen, violin, Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Epistle Sonata in C, K. 329
The Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Andrew Parrott, conductor
Igor Stravinsky: Madrid, from Four Etudes
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, conductor
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
Ian Swensen, violin, Alessio Bax, piano
Music@Menlo, Atherton, California
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in B Minor, K. 540
Christian Zacharias, piano
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland
Carter Pann: Mercury Concerto
Christina Jennings, flute, the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Alastair Willis, conductor
Church of St. John the Divine, Houston
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