Belgium is quite proud of Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone. On Friday's show we'll go to the country where the saxophone was invented and hear the PT debut of a 28 year-old Belgian saxophone soloist, Simon Diricq, as he performs with the Liège Royal Philharmonic. Also, we'll go to a concert at Walt Disney Hall, the home-base of conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. On Performance Today, from APM.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Tomas Svoboda: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 203; 2. Vivace
Michael Anderson, Clarinet; Eugene Symphony Orchestra; Danail Rachev, conductor
Silva Concert Hall, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, Oregon
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Distribuiçao de Flores, A. 381
Johanna Gruskin, flute, Camilo Carrara, guitar
National Music Festival, Washington College, Hotchkiss Recital Hall, Chestertown, Maryland
Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Fantasia, for soprano saxophone and orchestra
Simon Diricq, soprano saxophone; Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; John Neschling, conductor
Philharmonic Hall, Liège, Belgium
Arthur Foote: A Night Piece
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; St. Lawrence String Quartet
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, South Carolina
Gustav Mahler: Quartet in A for Piano and Strings
Curtis Macomber, violin; Nancy Buck, viola; Emilio Colon, cello; Eteri Andjaparidze, piano
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, Texas
Hour 2
Franz Schubert: Six Moments Musicaux, D. 780: IV. Moderato, C-sharp minor
Shai Wosner, piano
Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade for Orchestra No. 9 in D Major, K. 320, "Posthorn Serenade" 1. Adagio maestoso - Allegro con spirito 3. Concertante - Andante grazioso in G major
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Franz Schubert: Rondo in A Major for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 107, D. 951
Derek Han, piano; Hyeyeon Park, piano
The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, California
Music@Menlo
(recording label not available) catalog number: 130719
Tomas Svoboda: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 203; 2. Vivace
Michael Anderson, Clarinet; Eugene Symphony Orchestra; Danail Rachev, conductor
Silva Concert Hall, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, Oregon
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