When we think about making music, we often think about playing or writing music, but what about the work of making the instruments themselves? On today's show, get a behind the scenes look into the workshop of Brooklyn violin-maker Sam Zygmuntowicz.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
John Adams: China Gates
Nicolas Hodges, piano
John Adams: Road Movies
Nonesuch 79699
Mel Bonis: Suite Orientale
Sylvan Trio
First Congregational Church of Webster Groves, First Congregational Church, Webster Groves, MO
Frederic Chopin: Scherzo No.3 in C-sharp Minor, Op.39
Anna Han, piano
Southeastern Piano Festival, University of South Carolina School of Music Recital Hall, Columbia, SC
John Adams: Gnarly Buttons for Clarinet and Small Orchestra
Michael Collins, clarinet; Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Hour 2
Dmitri Shostakovich: Adagio (Elegy) for string quartet
Emerson String Quartet
Shostakovich String Quartets
DG 463284
Auguste Franchomme, arr. Caitlin Sullivan: Douze Caprices No. 11 and No.7
Decoda Cello Quartet
String Theory at the Hunter, The Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, op. 102
Denis Kozhukhin, piano; Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra; Donald Runnicles, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto Op. 14 Movement 2 Andante
Dylana Jenson, violin; London Symphony Orchestra; David Lockington, conductor
Dylana Jenson and the London Symphony Orchestra
Sell produced NA
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