Sol Gabetta plays cello with intelligence, emotion, and a lively wit. She lives in Switzerland, and her career is mainly in Europe. On this episode of Performance Today, we'll hear from a concert Sol Gabetta gave here in the states with the Houston Symphony.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Maurice Ravel: Miroirs Movement 2 Oiseaux tristes
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Beautiful Starry Night: Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays Ravel
London/Decca 448618
Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite 3, for String Orchestra
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Pekka Kuusisto, conductor
Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN
Wayne Shorter: Footprints
Ebene Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
The Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
Hour 2
Georg Phillip Telemann: Tafelmusik
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
Telemann: Tafelmusik
Brilliant 93311
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in D Major for Four Violins, TWV 40:202
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Daniel Phillips, violin; Danbi Um, violin; Yura Lee, violin; Arnaud Sussmann, violin
University of Georgia, Performing Arts Center, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1
Jonathan Biss, piano
The Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO
Camille Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Sol Gabetta, cello; Houston Symphony; John Storgards, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX
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