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Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Jennifer Higdon: String Poetic: Nocturne
Jennifer Koh, violin; Reiko Uchida, piano
String Poetic
Cedille 103
Rick Sowash: Fantasia on Shenandoah
John Pell, guitar; Shelbourne Quartet
Music for the Appalachian Trail
Gasparo 236
Florence Price: Symphony No. 1 In E Minor - Movement 1 Allegro Ma Non Troppo (select mvt)
Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra; John Jeter, conductor
Florence Beatrice Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
Naxos 8.559827
Jennifer Higdon: Autumn Music
Marcia Kamper, flute; Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe; Anton Rist, clarinet; Conrad Cornelison, bassoon; Jeffrey Fair, horn
Festival Mozaic, United Methodist Church, San Luis Obispo, CA
Hour 2
Antonio Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto in G Major, Op. 10, No. 4, RV 435: I. Allegro, III. Allegro
Giovanni Antonini, recorder; Il Giardino Armonico
Vivaldi: Concerti di Camera Vol. 1
Teldec 73267
Shelley Washington: Middleground
PUBLIQuartet: Curtis Stewart and Jannina Norpoth, violins; Nick Revel, viola; Amanda Gookin, cello
Freedom and Faith
Bright Shiny Things NA
Johannes Brahms: Klavierstucke, Op. 118
Paul Lewis, piano
Union College Concert Series, Union College - Memorial Chapel, Schenectady, NY
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, "Autumn" from Four Seasons
Sarah Chang, violin; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Sarah Chang: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
EMI 94431
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