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Performance Today®

The ANCIA Saxophone Quartet

The ANCIA Saxophone Quartet is dedicated to the creation and performance of new works for saxophone quartet. On Tuesday's Performance Today, tune in to hear ANCIA perform from "Quatuor de Saxophone" by French composer Ida Gotkovsky.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Peter Tchaikovsky: Snowflake Waltz
Houston Symphony; Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
Tchaikovsky Waltzes
ProArte 251

Traditional (arr. Celedino Romero): Noche en Malaga
The Romeros: Celin, Pepe, Lito, and Celino Romero
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA

Ida Gotkovsky: Quatuor de Saxophone
The Ancia Saxophone Quartet;
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN

Peter Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Sextet for Strings, Op. 70: Movements 2-4
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic: Frank Huang, violin; Sheryl Staples, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Rebecca Young, viola; Carter Brey, cello; Eileen Moon, cello
92nd Street Y, Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York City, NY

Hour 2

Hector Berlioz: Rakoczy March, from The Damnation of Faust
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Bernstein Favorite Marches
Sony 46709

Johannes Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op. 117
Paul Lewis, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique: Movement 1 Reveries
Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Jones Hall, Houston, TX

Florence Price: Negro Folk Songs in Counterpoint
Musicians from the Louisville Orchestra: Robert Simonds and Kimberly Tichenor, violins; Meghan Casper, viola; Allison Braid Olsen, cello
90.5 WUOL Classical Louisville, Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, KY

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