When you're far away, fighting a war, what do you write to your family back home? Do you mention the terrible things you see, or do you simply reassure your family that you're okay? On this episode of Performance Today, hear music inspired by letters from the trenches of World War One: Jonathan Leshnoff's Symphony No. 3.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quintet in B-flat Major Movement 2 Andante scherzando
Ian Swensen, violin; Jorja Fleezanis, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Geraldine Walther, viola; David Finckel, cello
Music@Menlo Live
Music@Menlo 20052
Antonin Dvorak: Miniatures for two violins and viola: Movement 1 Cavatina: Moderato
Jun Iwasaki, violin; Tessa Lark, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
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
Julien Bouchiquet & Maurice Chauvigny (arr. Roberto Piana): Je sais comment
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano
Southeastern Piano Festival, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, SC
Hour 2
Anthony DiLorenzo: Anthem of Hope: Houston Strong
ROCO; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
ROCO: Visions Take Flight
Innova 016
Bohuslav Martinu: Nonet No. 2
J Bogorad-Kogan, flute; E Priestly Siffert, oboe; T LeGrand, clarinet; C Millard, bassoon; G Williams, horn; S Schwartz, violin; A Kruger, viola; A Leung, cello; B Ritchie, bass
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Belinda Reynolds: Play for piano and two marimbas
Susan Grace, piano; John Kinzie, marimba; Brendan Betyn, marimba
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
Dmitri Shostakovich: Ballet Suite No. 2 for Orchestra
ROCO; Mei Ann Chen, conductor
ROCO, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
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