Carol Wincenc is a living legend of the flute. This season marks her 50th year as a performer. She's been celebrating with a set of new pieces written in her honor. On today's show, we'll honor Carol Wincenc's golden anniversary, and hear the world premiere of Full Circle Fifty by Jake Heggie.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Liszt: 28 Grandes etudes de Paganini, S. 141: No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor "La campanella"
Yekwon Sunwoo, piano
Crossing Spheres: Works by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and Tchaikovsiy
Genuin 17475
Courtney Bryan: Blooming
Imani Winds
UChicago Presents, Performance Hall, Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in E major BWV 1042
Hilary Hahn, violin; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Gemma New, conductor
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Royce Hall, Westwood, CA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
Yekwon Sunwoo, piano
Strings Music Festival, Strings Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO
Hour 2
Yuko Uebayashi: Au-dela du Temps: Movement 4
Carol Wincenc, flute; Tanya Dusevic Witek, flute; Stephen Gosling, piano
Misericordia
Azica 71325
Robert Schumann: Of Foreign Lands and Peoples from Kinderscenen Op 15 (encore)
Daniil Trifanov, piano
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Jake Heggie: Full Circle Fifty (World Premiere)
Carol Wincenc, flute; Jake Heggie, piano; Brooke Speltz, cello
The Morgan Library & Museum, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
Florence Beatrice Price: Symphony No. 3 in C minor
Gateways Music Festival Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor
Gateways Music Festival, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Rochester, NY
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