It's one page of music shared among musicians, but Terry Riley's work "In C" contains infinite possibilities... including the ensembles that can play it. On today's show, hear Riley's work performed by the Apollo Chamber Players, along with the gorgeous sound of an instrument called the chitravina. Jade Simmons guest-hosts.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Antonin Dvorak: Nocturne for String Orchestra, Op. 40
Emerson String Quartet
Music from Saint Paul Sunday
MPR 203
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in E-flat major, H.XVI:52
Imogen Cooper, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Jim Stephenson: ROCOmotive
ROCO; Brett Mitchell, conductor
ROCO, St. John the Devine Church, Houston, TX
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Emerson String Quartet
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, West Palm Beach, FL
Hour 2
Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio
Apollo Chamber Players: Matthew Detrick & Anabel Ramirez, violins; Whitney Bullock, viola; Matthew Dudzik, cello
European Folkscapes
Navona Records NA
Robert W. Butts: Viola Concerto: Movement 1 & 3
Brett Deubner, viola; The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey; Robert W. Butts, conductor
The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey, Grace Church, Madison, NJ
Cecile Chaminade: Le Matin et le Soir, Op. 79
Nancy Cooper, piano; Barbara Blegen, piano
Dr. Nancy J. Cooper, University of Montana Music Recital Hall, Missoula, MT
Terry Riley: In C
Apollo Chamber Players; Chitravina N. Ravikiran, chitravina (slide instrument); Erode Nagaraj, mrudangam
Apollo Chamber Players, Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston, TX
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