Chee-Yun plays a violin that is three and a half centuries old, but it looks brand new, with hardly a mark on it. That's long been a curiosity, but now it seems this violin might have been buried and carefully preserved for two centuries. On this episode of Performance Today, hear about a violin with a strange connection to the underworld, and hear Chee-Yun play that violin at a concert in Steamboat Springs.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joseph Haydn: Symphony in C Major Hob. I:48 "Maria Theresia" (IV: Finale - Allegro)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Haydn: Symphonies No. 48 & 49
DG 419607
Gerald Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31
Todd Palmer, clarinet; Geoff Nuttall, Owen Dalby, and Erin Heidrick, violin; Masumi Per Rostad and Meena Bhasin, viola; Joshua Roman and Nina Lee, cello; Doug Balliett, double bass
Spoleto Festival USA, South Carolina Public Radio, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Gabriela Lena Frank: Elegia Andina (2000)
ROCO; David Danzmayr, conductor
ROCO, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
Joseph Haydn: Haydn: Piano Sonata in C, H.XVI No.50 - 2. Adagio
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Hour 2
Jules Massenet: Meditation from 'Thais'
Chee-Yun, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
Vocalise: Chee-Yun
Denon 75118
Igor Stravinsky: Fireworks, Op. 4
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
Chee-Yun, violin; Wendy Chen, piano
Strings Music Festival, Strings Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 2
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
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