Composer Matthew Jackfert spent six months in the seaside city of Qingdao, China. Memories of the waves and wind and local culture stuck with him. On this episode of Performance Today, hear "On the Shores of Qingdao," by Matthew Jackfert, from a concert by the West Virginia University Symphony Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Anton Bruckner: Intermezzo in D Minor
L'Archibudelli
Anton Bruckner, L'Archibudelli
Sony 66251
Ernest Chausson: Chanson perpetuelle, Op. 37
Julian Martin, piano; Esther Heideman, soprano; Pacifica Quartet
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO
Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 3 'Mishima'
Matthew J. Detrick, violin; Anabel Ramirez, violin; Whitney Bullock, viola; Matthew Dudzik, cello
Apollo Chamber Players, Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston, TX
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Romantic: Movement 1
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Marek Janowski, conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
Hour 2
Franz Schubert: 11 Ecossaises D781
Imogen Cooper, piano
Imogen Cooper - Schubert Live - Volume 1
Avie 2156
Matthew Jackfert: On the Shores of Qingdao
Diego Gabete-Rodriguez, violin; West Virginia University Symphony Orchestra; Mitchell Arnold, conductor
West Virginia University College of Creative Arts School of Music, Lyell B. Clay Theatre, Morgantown, WV
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046
Daniel Phillips, violin; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Danbi Um, violin; Mark Holloway, viola; Colin Carr, cello; Joseph Conyers, double bass
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY
Joseph Haydn: Variations in F minor, H.XVII:6
Imogen Cooper, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
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