When composer Jessie Montgomery inherited an eclectic record collection and one track caught her attention, a traditional lullaby from Angola. On this episode of Performance Today, hear an adaptation of that Angolan lullaby in Records from a Vanishing City, by Jessie Montgomery.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 7 "Eroica"
Nelson Goerner, piano
Liszt: Eudes d'execution transcendante
Cascavelle 3029
Ottorino Respighi: Piano Quintet in F minor, P.35
Aaron Wunsch, piano; Daedalus Quartet
Skaneateles Festival, First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY
Jessie Montgomery: Records from a Vanishing City
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN
Franz Liszt: Funerailles, from 'Harmonies poetiques et religieuses'
Micah McLaurin, piano
The Gilmore International Keyboard Festival 2016, Stetson Chapel, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
Hour 2
Max Bruch: Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 83; No. 1 in a minor: Andante
Kari Kriikku, clarinet; Martti Rousi, cello; Arto Satukangas, piano
Zemlinsky, Bruch: Clarinet Trio
Ondine 760
Aaron Jay Kernis: String Quartet No. 1: Movement 2
Ariel String Quartet
Tippet Rise, LLC, The Olivier Music Barn, Fishtail, MT
Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Lily Maisky, piano; Mischa Maisky, cello
CAMA, Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara, CA
Ulysses S. Kay: Suite from The Quiet One: Joys and Fears
Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra; Kevin Scott, conductor
Kay: Works for Chamber Orchestra
Albany Records NA
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