Violinist Simone Porter is 21 years-old, and has been soloing with major orchestras for years. Porter made her professional solo debut at age 10 with the Seattle Symphony, and in March 2015, she was named a recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant. On Monday's Performance Today, Simone Porter takes the stage with the Nashville Symphony, performing the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Samuel Barber. Valerie Kahler guest hosts.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Peter Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Act 1, Prologue, Scene Dansante
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty
DG 457634
Richard Strauss (arr. Percy Grainger): Ramble on the Last Love-duet, from Der Rosenkavalier
Yekwon Sunwoo, piano
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Bass Hall, Fort Worth, TX
Errol Garner; Lennon/McCartney: Misty and Come Together
Ebene Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Nicholas Milton, conductor
Stelio Molo Auditorium, RSI, Lugano, Switzerland
Hour 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 6 in F major: Movement 2 Allegretto
Paul Lewis, piano
Beethoven #4 Paul Lewis
Harmonia Mundi 901909
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102
Lachezar Kostov, cello; Viktor Valkov, piano
Tuesday Musical Club, Christ Episcopal Church, San Antonio, TX
Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op. 14
Simone Porter, violin; Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
Anthony DiLorenzo: Nexus
Center City Brass Quintet
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
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