Composer Aleksandra Vrebalov visited a bunch of taverns in preparation for one of her compositions. She wasn't looking for a liquid muse. She was seeking the sounds of Romanian folk music. On Friday's Performance Today, the Apollo Chamber Players perform Vrebalov's Pannonia Boundless, with Jade Simmons filling in as guest host.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: Movement 2 Allegro molto
Harriet Krijgh, cello; Magda Amara, piano
Brahms: The Cello Sonatas
Capriccio C5173
Claude Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
String Theory at the Hunter, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Lillette Jenkins): Flight of the Bumblebee
Lillette Jenkins, piano with friends
(personal recording from Jade Simmons)
Jade Simmons: The Flight
Jade Simmons, piano
The Flight
Fame/ Superwoman Records NA
Antonin Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor: Movement 2 & 3
Harriet Krijgh, cello; Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
Hour 2
Franz Schubert: Nacht und Traume
Lynn Harrell, cello; Bruno Canino, piano
Cello Adagios
London/Decca 425611
Joaquin Turina: Fantasia Sevillana for Guitar, Op. 29
Pepe Romero, guitar
92nd Street Y, Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York City, NY
Aleksandra Vrebalov: Pannonia Boundless
Apollo Chamber Players
Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH); Houston, TX
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 2
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
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