Poster Composer Gillian Whitehead
Composer Gillian Whitehead
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Music for a dear friend

Composer Gillian Whitehead was beginning to write a new piece when she got heartbreaking news: a dear friend of hers had cancer...and it quickly took her friend's life. On today's show, music dedicated to a dear friend: "No Stars, Not Even Clouds" by Gillian Whitehead.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Richard Strauss: Symphony No. 1 in d minor Movement 3 Scherzo. Molto allegro. Leggiero
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Strauss, the Unknown, Vol. 3: Early Symphonies
Schwann 365322

Joel Thompson: Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Marvin Allen II, baritone; Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra; Morehouse College Glee Club (David Morrow, director); Florida A&M University Concert Choir
Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, Ruby Diamond Concert Hall, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20
Aspen Conducting Academy; Nathaniel Efthimiou & Frantisek Macek, conductors
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO

Yosvany Terry: Tarde en la Lisa
Bohemian Trio: Yosvany Terry, saxophone & percussion; Yves Dharamraj, cello; Orlando Alonso, piano
New Docta Festival, Iglesia de la Compania de Jesus, Cordoba, Argentina

Hour 2

Benjamin Britten: Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6: Movement 4 Lullaby
Angelo Xiang Yu, violin; Gloria Chien, piano
Music@Menlo Live
Music@Menlo NA

Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 3: Movements 3 & 4
Angelo Xiang Yu, violin; Evan Wong, piano
Performance Today Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN

Gillian Whitehead: No Stars, Not Even Clouds
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
St. Paul Academy, Huss Center, Saint Paul, MN

Alberto Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
The Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN

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