When composer Leos Janacek was 70 years old, he wrote a wind sextet recalling his youth as a choirboy at St. Thomas Abbey in the Czech city of Brno. The monastery also happens to be where Gregor Mendel studied some very important pea plants... and the principals of genetic inheritance. On Friday's PT, we hear Janacek's musical recollection, Mladi (Youth), in a concert at Festival Hall in Round Top, Texas.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Leos Janacek: In the Mists: Movement 1
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Janacek: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 - In the Mists etc
Virgin 91222
Arturo Marquez (arr. Oliver Nickel): Danzon No. 2
Dallas Winds; Michael Haithcock, conductor
Meyeron Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
Leos Janacek: Mladi (Youth)
Alexa Still, flute; Erin Hannigan, oboe; Jun Qian, clarinet; Alejandro Dergal, Bass Clarinet; George Sakakeeny, bassoon; Michelle Baker, horn
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto No. 2 in C major for Two Keyboards, BWV 106
Jeffrey Kahane, piano; Ray Ushikubo, piano; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Hour 2
Ambroise Thomas: Mignon: Connais-tu le pays?
Sol Gabetta, cello; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor
Cantabile
RCA 35962
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra; Donald Runnicles, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Philip Glass: Partita for Solo Violin: Movement 1
Tim Fain, violin
Presented by the Schubert Club - a PT in-studio performance, Atrium Studio, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN
Kevin Puts: Arches
Tim Fain, violin
Presented by the Schubert Club - a PT in-studio performance, Atrium Studio, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN
Camille Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Sol Gabetta, cello; Houston Symphony; John Storgards, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX
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