A few years ago, American composer Daniel Temkin found an old memory box from his childhood that held a picture of him with his two younger siblings in his lap. On this episode of Performance Today, hear music inspired by that photo performed by siblings Ani and Ida Kavafian.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Carl Schimmel: Roadshow for Otto: Movements 2 & 4
Alex Sopp, flute; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Sumire Kudo, cello; Steven Beck, piano
Roadshow: Music of Carl Schimmel
New Focus 167
Carlos Guastavino: Sonata No. 3
Marcin Dylla, guitar
Interlochen Presents, Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall, Interlochen, MI
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
members of East Coast Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor
Skaneateles Festival, First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY
Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 6
Renana Gutman, piano
Close Encounters With Music, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA
Hour 2
Zoltan Kodaly: Serenade for 2 Violins and Viola: Movement 1 Allegramente
Ani Kavafian, Joseph Silverstein, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Bartok, Kodaly, Dohnanyi
Delos 3151
Daniel Temkin: Time Capsule
Ani Kavafian, violin; Ida Kavafian, violin
Chamber Music Northwest, Kaul Auditorium, Portland, OR
Joel Puckett: Short Stories
Karen Johnson, violin; Chaerim Smith, violin; Sarah Hart, viola; Charlaine Prescott, cello; United States Marine Band; Maj. Michelle A. Rakers, conductor
United States Marine Band, Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, Alexandria, VA
John Williams: Schindler's List
Alexandre Da Costa, violin; Alexandra Nguyen, piano
UCCS Presents/Classical 88.7 KCME/Adventure Culture Fund, Ent Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
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