Poster U.S. Troups celebrating news of the armistice (November, 1918)
U.S. Troups celebrating news of the armistice (November, 1918)
U.S. Army (U.S. National Archive), via Wikimedia Commons
Performance Today®

Coming home

This weekend, our nation honors our veterans and the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One. We'll hear a symphony inspired by letters home from soldiers in the trenches of the First World War. On this episode of Performance Today, we'll hear the Kansas City Symphony perform the Symphony No. 3 by Jonathan Leshnoff.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Claude Debussy: Images Book II Cloches a travers les feuilles
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Gilles Vonsattle
Honens 201103

Claude Debussy (arr. Arnold Schoenberg): Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Camerata Pacifica
Adrian Spence, Rothenberg Hall, Huntington Library, San Marino, Ca.

Javier Farias: Andean Suite for string quartet and guitar
Javier Farias, guitar; Matthew J. Detrick, violin I; Anabel Ramirez, violin II; Whitney Bullock, viola; Matthew Dudzik, cello
Apollo Chamber Players, Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH), Houston, TX

Samuel Barber: Cello Sonata, Op. 6
Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Inon Barnatan, piano
Bank of America and The ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC

Hour 2

Giovanni Gabrieli (arr. Eric Robertson): Sonata pian e forte
Canadian Brass
Echo: Glory of Gabrieli
ODR 7380

Johann Pachelbel: Canon
Hesperion XXI; Jordi Savall, conductor
Ostinato
Alia Vox 9820

Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 Movement 2 Adagio
Pamela Frank, violin; Peter Serkin, piano
Brahms: The Violin Sonatas
London/Decca 455643

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Romm): Little Fugue in G minor
Canadian Brass
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Grand Teton, WY

Jonathan Leshnoff: Symphony No. 3: Movements 2-3
Stephen Powell, baritone; Kansas City Symphony; Michael Stern, conductor
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City, MO

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