Gil Shaham first played Prokofiev's second violin concerto when he was thirteen. 35 years later, he's still playing it. He says "it's a miracle of a piece." On this episode of Performance Today, we take you to a concert in Houston to hear Gil Shaham and the Houston Symphony play Prokofiev's "miracle." Elena See guest-hosts.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joan Tower: Fanfare No. 4 for the Uncommon Woman
Colorado Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
Tower: Fanfares For The Uncommon Woman, Etc / Alsop, Et Al
KOCH 7469
Robert Schumann: Overture to Genoveva
Houston Symphony; Marc Albrecht, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63: Movement 1
Gil Shaham, violin; Houston Symphony; Marc Albrecht, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Brent Sverdloff from Rhinebeck, NY
Joan Tower: Rising
Alice K. Dade, flute; Dennis Kim, Clinton Dewing, violins; Jessica Oudin, viola; Jonah Kim, cello
Festival Mozaic, United Methodist Church, San Luis Obispo, CA
Hour 2
Richard Strauss: Couperin Dance Suite: Movements 1 & 8
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite / Couperin: Dance Suite
ASV 809
Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata No. 3 for cello and piano, H. 340
Raphael Bell, cello; Jeewon Park, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Carrado Maria Saglietti: Notte serena
Kevin Cobb, flugelhorn; Ellen dePasquale, violin; Stefan Hersh, violin; Phillip Ying, viola; Mark Kosower, cello; Christopher Yick, bass
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic; Manuel Lopez-Gomez, conductor
National Orchestral Institute + Festival, The Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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