The accordion can do a lot more than polka. It can croon a sweet serenade, add a bit of whimsy. On this episode of Performance Today, we'll hear accordionist Julien Labro express the more personal side of the accordion in a performance with guitarist Jason Vieaux in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Frederic Chopin: Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 45, "Sostenuto"
Rafal Blechacz, piano
Chopin: The Complete Preludes
DG 10870
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto con Molti Strumenti in G Minor, Per l'Orchestra di Dresda, RV 577
Venice Baroque Orchestra; Andrea Marcon, conductor
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Radames Gnattali (arr. Julien Labro): Suite Retratos
Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, accordion and accordina
String Theory at the Hunter; The Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Frederic Chopin: Etude Op. 10, No. 3, in E major
Jenny Chen, piano
Tippet Rise, LLC, The Olivier Music Barn, Fishtail, MT
Hour 2
Aaron Jay Kernis: Before Sleep and Dreams: Movement 1 Before
Evelyne Luest, piano
Chamber Music of Aaron Jay Kernis
Phoenix 142
Dimitri Shostakovich: Largo from Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
WQED-FM, Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
Antonin Dvorak: Czech Suite, Op. 39
Camerata RCO
University of Georgia, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Aaron Jay Kernis: Musica Celestis (Excerpt)
St. Olaf Orchestra; Steven Amundson, conductor
Skoglund Center Auditorium, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
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