Florence Price's Piano Concerto has only been performed a handful of times. Pianist Michelle Cann wants to change that, and she commissioned a new version for piano quintet. It's intimate and powerful, and we can't wait to share it with you. On today's show, hear this new arrangement of the Piano Concerto by Florence Price.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Florence Price
: Five Folksongs in Counterpoint Movement 1 Calvary
Apollo Chamber Players
Apollo Chamber Players: Blurred Boundaries
Navona 6038
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
: Sonata No 12 in F Major, K 332
Francesco Piemontesi, piano
The Frederic Chopin Society, Mairs Concert Hall, Macalester College, St Paul, MN
Hector Berlioz
: Overture to Beatrice and Benedict
Jacksonville Symphony; Courtney Lewis, conductor
Jacksonville Symphony, Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, Jacksonville, FL
Florence Price (arr. Boris Vayner)
: Piano Concerto in One Movement
Michelle Cann, piano; Geoffrey Herd, violin; Shawn Moore, violin; Colin Brookes, viola; Max Geissler, cello
Geneva Music Festival, Froelich Hall, Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, NY
Hour 2
Samuel Barber
: Souvenirs: Two-Step and Galop
Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Aspects of America
Pentatone 727
Dana Wilson
: A Thousand Whirling Dreams
STRATA; James Stern, violin; Nathan Williams, clarinetist, conductor
The Ulster Chamber Music Series, Church of the Holy Cross, Kingston, NY
Kenji Bunch
: Aspects of an Elephant
Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
Leonard Bernstein
: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Michael Brown, piano
Dweck Cultural Center in the Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY
