There's a photo of a young boy in an abandoned train station in Albania. The boy turns an old water bottle into a toy and he's lost in his world of play, despite the refugee crisis going on around him. On today's show, hear music inspired by that photo, "A Boy with a Makeshift Toy" by Armenian-American composer Mary Kouyoumdjian.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Nina Rota
: Sonata for Flute and Harp: Movement 1
Christina Smith, flute & Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp
Encantamiento
ACA Digital Recording, Inc NA
Camille Saint-Saens
: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Richard Belcher, cello; ROCO; Brett Mitchell, conductor
ROCO, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
Eugene Ysaye
: Trio de Concert - Le Londres: Movements 1-2
Jeff Thayer, violin; Jennifer Ross, violin; Susan Gulkis Assadi, viola
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Mary Kouyoumdjian (arr. Elisabeth Remy Johnson)
: A Boy with a Makeshift Toy
Jessica Oudin, Viola & Elisabeth Remy Johnson, Harp
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra-Pre-Concert Chamber Music Series, Symphony Hall - Atlanta, GA
Hour 2
Joseph Joachim
: Romance, Op. 2, No. 1
Yura Lee, violin; Juho Pohjonen, piano
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Valerie Coleman
: Umoja (Unity)
Elizabeth Mann, flute; Jonathan Fischer, oboe; Daniel Gilbert, clarinet; Michael Kroth, bassoon; Michael Thornton, horn; John Kinzie, percussion
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
Joseph Joachim
: Hamlet Overture
The Orchestra Now; Leon Botstein, conductor
Bard College, The Sosnoff Theatre at The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
Ludwig van Beethoven
: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135
Escher String Quartet
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA