On this weekend's Performance Today, our newest Young Artist in Residence, Boson Mo, joins Fred in the studio to play colorful 20th century music by Lili Boulanger.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, No. 7
Vladimir Spivakov, violin; Sergei Bezrodny, piano
It ain't necessarily so
RCA 60861
Miles Davis: Blue in Green
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: John Dearman, guitar; Matthew Greif, guitar; William Kanengiser, guitar; Scott Tennant, guitar
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Kathleen Burns from Columbia, SC
Maurice Ravel (arr. Richard Tognetti): String Quartet in F Major, for String Orchestra
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, violin and leader
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, Leighton Concert Hall, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dances- Furiant, Op. 46, No. 8
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
Dvorak Symphony No. 9 and Slavonic Dances
Teldec 73244
Jonathan Bartz: Diary of Private Lives
Lauren Seidel, oboe; Megan Dvorak, English horn; St. Olaf Band; Timothy Mahr, conductor
Skoglund Center Auditorium, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
PT Young Artist in Residence: Boson Mo, violin
Lili Boulanger: Two Pieces for Violin and Piano: 1. Nocturne
Boson Mo, violin; Andrew Staupe, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time: 8. Praise to the Immortality of Jesus Christ
Boson Mo, violin; Andrew Staupe, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Anton Webern: Im Sommerwind
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
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