Poster Composer Robert Paterson
Composer Robert Paterson
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Robert Paterson: Dark Mountains

On overcast days, the mountains of Vermont lose their color, becoming grey silhouettes. And some of the roads are so dark you need headlights, even during the day. On today's show, JoAnn Falletta leads the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in a live performance of Dark Mountains by Robert Paterson.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Frederic Chopin: Sonata for cello and piano: Op. 65 Movement 3 Largo
Truls Mork, cello; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Frederic Chopin - Robert Schumann - Truls Mork - Leif Ove Andsnes
Simax 1063

Taraf de Haidouks (arr. Matt Van Brink): Turceasca
Sybarite5
Chamber Music Society of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud at Atonement Lutheran Church, St. Cloud, MN

Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Joseph Gewirtz from Harrisburg, PA.

Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Truls Mork, cello; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH

Hour 2

Germaine Tailleferre: Sonata No. 2 Movement 2 Adagietto
Ransom Wilson, flute; Christopher O'Riley, piano
Flute Music by Les Six
Etcetera 1073

David Lang: gravity
Shai Wosner, piano; Orion Weiss, piano
Chamber Music Northwest, Congregation Beth Israel, Portland, OR

David Lang: after gravity
Shai Wosner, piano; Orion Weiss, piano
Chamber Music Northwest, Congregation Beth Israel, Portland, OR

Robert Paterson: Dark Mountains
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY

Bohuslav Martinu: Nonet No. 2. H 374
R Wilson, flute; N Stovall, oboe; J Gunn, clarinet; K Wolfe Jensen, bassoon; M Baker, horn; C Rodrigues, violin; S Dubois, viola; S Balderston, cello; B Shurtliffe, double bass
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX

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