A few years ago, American composer Rick Sowash set a poem by Elizabeth Coatsworth to music, creating a song. And then he turned that song into a musical conversation between flute and cello. On today's show, hear the Sylvan Trio perform the end result: Seasonal Breezes, by Rick Sowash.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Felix Mendelssohn (arr. Sergei Rachmaninoff)
: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Olga Kern, piano
Rachmaninoff Transcriptions Corelli Variations
Harmonia Mundi 907336
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
: Concert pour Quatre Parties de Violes H.545
Sonnambula; Elizabeth Weinfield, Artistic Director
Baruch Performing Arts Center at Baruch College, Engelman Recital Hall, New York, NY
Alberto Ginastera
: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 25
Kathy Kienzle, harp; Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Claude Debussy
: Fireworks from Preludes Bk 2 No.12
Olga Kern, piano
Virginia Arts Festival, TCC Roper Performing Arts Center, Norfolk, VA
Anatoly Lyadov
: Muzikalnaya, Op. 32
Olga Kern, piano
Virginia Arts Festival, TCC Roper Performing Arts Center, Norfolk, VA
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak
: Polonaise from Rusalka
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
Exotic Dances from the Opera
Reference Recordings RR-71CD
Philip Glass
: Etude No. 2
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Live broadcast from VPR's Studio One, Vermont Public Radio, Colchester, VT
Leonard Bernstein
: Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Rick Sowash
: Seasonal Breezes
Sylvan Trio: Suzanne Bona, flute; Josh Aerie, cello; Greg Kostraba, piano
First Congregational Church of Webster Groves, First Congregational Church, Webster Groves, MO
