In the mid 1970s, composer Arvo Part became obsessed with the peal of bells, and even began to imitate bells in his own music. Music with a spartan beauty: Fratres, by Arvo Part, on Thursday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Moment Musical, Op. 16, No. 6: Maestoso
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Virtuoso Valentina Vol. 2
Audiofon 72070
Hershy Kay: Pat-A-Pan: A Fantasy
St. Olaf Orchestra; Steven Amundson, conductor
2013 St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Skoglund Center Auditorium, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Nathan Hofheins: Christmas Fanfare
Brigham Young University Philharmonic Orchestra; Kory Katseanes, conductor
de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT
Traditional (arr. Howard Arman): O Tannenbaum
Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Orchestra; Howard Arman, conductor
Day of Christmas Music, Prinzregententheater, Munich, Germany
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude No. 7 in C minor, Op. 23
Ran Dank, piano
The Gilmore International keyboard Festival, Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo, MI
Richard Strauss: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13: Movement 1 Allegro
Orion Weiss, piano; Nicolas Dautricourt, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Mihai Marica, cello
CMSLC, Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Vincent d'Indy: Minuet
Elizabeth Mann, flute; Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe; John Manasse, clarinet; Michael Kroth, bassoon; Stewart Rose, horn; Susan Grace, Music Director
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
Franz Schubert: Four Impromptus, D. 935: Movement 1
Nikolai Lugansky, piano
Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
Hour 2
Arvo Part: Passacaglia
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; English Chamber Orchestra; David Lockington, conductor
The Four Seasons
Koch 7790
Arvo Part: Fratres, for Cello and Piano
Joshua Roman, cello; Andrius Zlabys, piano
The Cliburn, Kimbell Art Museum Piano Pavilion, Fort Worth, TX
Rachel Grimes: The Herald
Rachel Grimes, piano; Scott Moore, violin; Christian Frederickson, viola; Jacob Duncan, tenor saxophone
Classical 90.5, Performance Studio of Louisville Public Media, Louisville, KY
Traditional (arr. Danish String Quartet): Five Sheep, Four Goats
Danish String Quartet
KING FM studios, Seattle, WA
Ernest Chausson: Chanson perpetuelle, Op. 37
Pacifica Quartet; Julian Martin, piano; Esther Heideman, soprano
Aspen Music Festical and School, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO
Michel Blavet: Concerto No. 4 in A Minor for flute, 2 violins and basso continuo
Barthold Kuijken, Baroque flute; Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra; Barthold Kuijken, conductor
IndyBaroque Music, Inc. & University of Indianapolis, Ruth Lilly Performance Hall at the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN
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