Composer Peteris Vasks lived through the tumultuous history of the Soviet Union and the Baltics. He had to defeat pessimism in order to find and accept the beauty of our world. On today's show, we also say yes to beauty; hear the Lysander Piano Trio play music by Peteris Vasks at a concert in Morrow, Georgia.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67 Movement 2 Pantoum (Assez Vif)
Lysander Piano Trio
After A Dream
Concert Artists Guild NA
Manuel de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Peteris Vasks: Episodi e Canto perpetuo
Lysander Piano Trio: Itamar Zorman, violin; Liza Stepanova, piano; Michael Katz, cello
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Arcangelo Corelli (arr. Fritz Kreisler): Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 5, No. 12, La folia
Benjamin Beilman, violin; Hyeyeon Park, piano
Music@Menlo, Stent Family Hall, Menlo School, Atherton, CA
Hour 2
Louis Cahuzac: Cantilene
Ricardo Morales, clarinet; Michael Chertock, piano
French Portraits
Boston Records 1064
Claude Debussy: Premiere rhapsodie
Ricardo Morales, clarinet; Charles Abramovic, piano
Dolce Suono Ensemble + Concert at the College, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004
Jennifer Koh, violin
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte
Zohar Schondorf, horn; Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra; Robert Manno, conductor
Windham Chamber Music Festival, Windham Center for the Arts, Windham, NY
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