Composer Lowell Liebermann was haunted for years by a Bach fugue that spun around and around in his head. Then he was asked to write a new piece for a concert that just happened to fall on Bach's birthday. On this episode of Performance Today, we'll hear Liebermann's twist on Bach's Fugue, from a concert in Colorado Springs.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Peter Tchaikovsky: Snowflake Waltz
Houston Symphony; Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
Tchaikovsky Waltzes
ProArte 251
Alfredo Casella: Serenata, Op. 46
Daniel Gilbert, clarinet; Michael Kroth, bassoon; Kevin Cobb, trumpet; Adam Barnett-Hart, violin; Bion Tsang, cello
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Lessa V from Syracuse, NY
Olivier Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliees (The Forgotten Offerings)
Houston Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Jones Hall, Houston, TX
Hour 2
Gabriel Faure: Cello Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: Movement 4 Allegro quasi presto
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
Paris La Belle Epoque - Faure, Massenet, Etc / Ma, Stott
Sony 87287
Gabriel Faure: Pelleas and Melisande Suite
IRIS Orchestra; Michael Stern, conductor
IRIS Orchestra, Germantown Performing Arts Center, Germantown, TN
Lowell Liebermann: Fantasy on a Fugue by J.S. Bach
John Novacek, piano; Elizabeth Mann, flute; Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe; Bil Jackson, Clarinet; Michael Thornton, horn; Michael Kroth, bassoon
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
Florence Beatrice Price: Symphony No. 1 In E Minor - Movement 1 Allegro Ma Non Troppo
Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra; John Jeter, conductor
Florence Beatrice Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
Naxos 8.559827
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