There's a curious psychological phenomenon: when something is forbidden or out of reach, we want it, we crave it all the more. Coming up, music inspired by a famous story of desire and temptation. On this episode of Performance Today, hear a new piece of music called Low Hanging Fruit, by Michael Gilbertson.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Prokofiev
: Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94bis: Movement 2 Scherzo
James Ehnes, violin; Wendy Chen, piano
The Essential James Ehnes
Analekta 2015
Silvestre Revueltas
: Sensemaya
Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX
Joseph Suk
: Quartet in A minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 1
Gloria Chien, piano; Danbi Um, violin; Yura Lee, viola; Clive Greensmith, cello
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY
George Gershwin
: Rhapsody in Blue
Wendy Chen, piano; Strings Festival Musicians; Loras Schissel, conductor
Strings Music Festival, Strings Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO
Hour 2
Eugene Bozza
: Andante et scherzo Andante
Kenari Quartet: Bob Eason, Kyle Baldwin, Corey Dundee, Steven Banks, saxophones
French Saxophone Quartets
Naxos NA
Aldo Lopez-Gavilan
: Emporium for Solo Piano and Orchestra
Aldo Lopez-Gavilan, piano; The Classical Tahoe Orchestra; Joel Revzen, conductor
Classical Tahoe, The Pavilion, Incline Village, NV
Michael Gilbertson (arr. Michael Gilbertson)
: Low Hanging Fruit
Bridget Pasker,cello; David Fung, piano; Hanah Stuart, violin; Zach Mani, clarinet
Iowa Public Radio, Studio One, Iowa Public Radio Studios, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
David Maslanka
: Fanfare/Variations on Durch Adams Fall
Kenari Quartet: Bob Eason, Kyle Baldwin, Corey Dundee, Steven Banks, saxophones
Performance Today Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
