The accordion can do a lot more than polka. It can croon a sweet serenade, add a bit of whimsy. On this episode of Performance Today, we'll hear accordionist Julien Labro express the more personal side of the accordion in a performance with guitarist Jason Vieaux in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34: II. Scherzo
Clarion Quartet
Breaking the Silence
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Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: Movement 1 Maestoso
Xiaoxuan Li, piano; Canton Symphony Orchestra; Gerhardt Zimmermann, conductor
Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists, Maltz Performing Arts Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Mirabai Knight from New York, NY
Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello
Marta Krechkovsky, violin; Joel Noyes, cello
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Hour 2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in E minor, BWV 996: Movements 2 & 3
Jason Vieaux, guitar
Bach: Works For Lute Vol 1
Azica 71250
Kirkmount: Bring a Torch/ Down in Yon Forest/ There Was A Pig Went Out to Dig/ I Saw Three Ships/ Christmas Morning
Traditional
Mittens for Christmas
Dorian 93236
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 6, No. 1
Soovin Kim, James Thompson, solo violins; Brook Speltz, solo cello; Aaron Boyd, Arnaud Sussmann, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello; Peter Lloyd, bass; Gloria Chien, harpsichord
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, CA
Radames Gnattali (arr. Julien Labro): Suite Retratos
Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, accordion and accordina
String Theory at the Hunter, The Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
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