Ever played that game using the letters of musical notes to spell words? Composer Belinda Reynolds used that idea when she wrote a piece for piano and two marimbas. On today's show, it's a musical spelling game: "Play" by Belinda Reynolds.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Claude Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp: Movement 3 Finale
Ransom Wilson, flute; Paul Neubauer, viola; Nancy Allen, harp
Debussy: Complete Chamber Music
Delos 3167
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1
Jonathan Biss, piano
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Belinda Reynolds: Play for piano and two marimbas
Susan Grace, piano; John Kinzie, marimba; Brendan Betyn, marimba
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
Claude Debussy: Iberia Suite from Images
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Hour 2
Jake Heggie: Soliloquy
Carol Wincenc, flute; Jake Heggie, piano
Here/After
Pentatone 186515
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 40 in F Major, Op. 50, No. 5 "The Dream"
Omer Quartet
Honest Brook Music Festival, Honest Brook Farm, Delaware County, NY
Franz Liszt: Rigoletto Paraphrase
Esther Park, piano
Lake George Music Festival, Tannery Pond Community Center, Lake George, NY
Jake Heggie (arr. Cristian Macelaru): Suite from Moby Dick
Aspen Festival Orchestra; Cristian Macelaru, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
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