When pianist Liza Stepanova was a girl, she loved going to art museums where she felt creatively inspired. These days, she often plays music with connections to visual art. On Tuesday's Performance Today, Liza Stepanova plays music by Debussy, inspired by Japanese artwork.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Miklos Rozsa: El Cid: Love Theme
Daniel Hope, violin; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor
Escape to Paradise: The Hollywood Album
DG 4792954
Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb/1
Sol Gabetta, cello; Houston Symphony; John Storgards, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX
Franz Schubert: Quartettsatz, D. 703
Modigliani String Quartet: Philippe Bernhard, violin; Loic Rio, violin; Laurent Marfaing, viola; François Kieffer, cello
Union College Concert Series, Union College Memorial Chapel, Schenectady, NY
Miklos Rozsa: Toccata Capriccio for cello, Op. 36
Oliver Herbert, cello
Field Concert Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA
Hour 2
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toccata Marziale
Eastman Wind Ensemble; Donald Hunsberger, conductor
Eastman Wind Ensemble: Husa, Copland, Vaughan Williams
Sony 44916
Claude Debussy: Poissons d'or from Images, Book II
Liza Stepanova, piano
Hugh Hodgson School of Music and University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551
Houston Symphony; Matthew Halls, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Ji-Won Song, Max Yiming Mao, Kenneth Naito, Noelle Naito, violins; Molly Wise, viola; Noemie Raymond-Friset, cello
University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Fine and Performing Arts Department, Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC, Baltimore MD
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