When Arturo Marquez was a teenager in Mexico in the 1960s, he played in a Mariachi band. He went to school and became a composer of orchestral music, but he's still especially fond of a dance from the city of Veracruz, Mexico. On today's episode of Performance Today, hear the Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Marquez, from a concert at the Aspen Music Festival.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
: Serenade for Winds in M minor K. 388: Movement 3
Allan Vogel, oboe; Kimaree Gilad, oboe; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Carey Bell, clarinet; Dennis Godburn, bassoon
Vol. 4: Mozart and Winds
Music@Menlo 20064
Carlo Farina
: Capriccio Stravagante
Soovin Kim, violin; Hsin-Yun Huang & Pierre Lapointe, violas; Brook Speltz, cello; Scott Pingel, bass; Gilbert Kalish, harpsichord
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Franz Schubert
: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D 959 (Select mvts 3-4)
Jonathan Biss, piano
Interlochen Presents, Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall, Interlochen, MI
Li Huanzhi
: Spring Festival Overture
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Elim Chan, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Zheng Lu/Ma Hong-Yeh
: Good News from Beijing
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Elim Chan, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Hour 2
Eric Ewazen
: Concerto for Flute & Chamber Orchestra: III. Adagio
Marya Martin, flute; Paul Polivinick, clarinet; Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra; Charles Neidich, conductor
Orchestral Music & Concertos by Eric Ewazen
Albany Records NA
Arturo Marquez
: Danzon No. 2
Aspen Chamber Symphony; Johannes Zahn, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
Paul Moravec
: Chamber Symphony for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Cello, Piano, and Percussion
M Martin, flute; R de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; S Rose, horn; A Schwartz Moretti, violin; N Canellakis, cello; M Brown, piano; I D Rosenbaum, percussion
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Benjamin Britten
: Phantasy Quartet, Op.2
Peggy Pearson, oboe; Jesse Mills, violin; Melissa Matson, viola; Julia Bruskin, cello
Skaneateles Festival, First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY
