When guitarist Jason Vieaux was preparing for his debut with the Nashville Symphony, he told Nashville Public Radio "This is the most time I've ever spent on any piece of music, ever...That's how hard it is." On this episode of Performance Today, hear Jason Vieaux and the Nashville Symphony play the Concerto for Guitar by Jonathan Leshnoff.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 5 for Solo Piano: Movement 1 & 2 Allemande and Courante
Wu Han, piano
Wu Han Live
Music@Menlo 2014
Eugene Ysaye: Reve d'enfant
Paul Huang, violin; Helen Huang, piano
Tuesday Musical Club, Laurel Heights United Methodist Church, San Antonio, TX
Jonathan Leshnoff: Concerto for Guitar
Jason Vieaux, guitar; The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
Franz Schubert: Allegro in a minor for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 144, D. 947, Lebenssturme
Gilbert Kalish, Wu Han, pianos
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Hour 2
Peter Tchaikovsky: 6 Morceaux, Op. 19, TH 133 No. 4 Nocturne in C
Johannes Moser, cello; L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Andrew Manze, conductor
Elgar & Tchaikovsky: Cello Works
PentaTone 5186570
Cesar Cui: Selections from Miniatures, Op. 20
Marcia Henry Liebenow, violin; Melissa Loehnig Simons, piano
Red Lodge Music Festival, Red Lodge Civic Center, Red Lodge MT
Moritz Moszkowski: Suite for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 71: Movement 1
Daniel Phillips and Livia Sohn, violins; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C
Johannes Moser, cello; Houston Symphony; Matthew Halls, conductor
Jones Hall, Houston, TX
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