Poster Florence Price
Florence Beatrice Smith Price
University of Arkansas
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Dances in the Canebrakes

In 1953, Florence Price wrote some dances for piano. She died unexpectedly shortly after that. One of her old friends turned her piano dances into a set of works for orchestra. On today's show, hear the world premiere of Dances in the Canebrakes, by Florence Price, orchestrated by William Grant Still.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 43 in A-flat Major, HOB XVI/43: Movement 3
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol 1
Hyperion 67554

Kevin M. Sylvester, Wilner Baptiste & Joseph Valbrun: Overture
Black Violin: Kevin M. Sylvester, violin; Wilner Baptiste, viola
Classically Trained
Di-Versatile Music Group NA

Wilner Baptiste, Kevin M. Sylvester, Marco Rodriguez & Leo Boland: Stereotypes
Black Violin: Kevin M. Sylvester, violin; Wilner Baptiste, viola
Stereotypes
Universal Music Classics NA

Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Duston S. from Loami, IL

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano; Bellingham Festival Orchestra; Michael Palmer, conductor
The Bellingham Festival of Music, Western Washington University Concert Hall, Bellingham, WA

Ottorino Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, P. 151: Movement 1
Bellingham Festival Orchestra; Michael Palmer, conductor
The Bellingham Festival of Music, Western Washington University Concert Hall, Bellingham, WA

Hour 2

Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in E-Flat Major, BWV 1031 Movement 3 Allegro (Arr. for Oboe & Harp)
James Austin Smith, oboe; Bridget Kibbey, harp
Distance
TwoPianists Records 1039183

Florence Beatrice Price (arr. William Grant Still): Dances in the Canebrakes
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers
Cedille Records 91852

Antonio Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in D Minor Op. 8 No. 9, RV 454
James Austin Smith, oboe; Geoff Nuttall, violin; Owen Dalby, violin; Meena Bhasin, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Pedja Muzijevic
The Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2: Movements 2-4
The Orchestra Now; James Bagwell, conductor
Bard College, Bard's Fisher Center for The Performing Arts, Annandale On-Hudson, NY

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