Composer Jim Stephenson grew up watching his father build model trains. They were detailed, realistic models, and each train car had its own personality. He was inspired by those vintage model trains when he wrote a piece for the ensemble ROCO. On today's episode, hear ROCOmotive, by Jim Stephenson, from a ROCO concert in Houston, Texas.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 71 No. 1: II. Adagio
Maxwell Quartet
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 71
Linn Records NA
Dimitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 117 Movements 1-5
Maxwell Quartet
Bay Chamber Concerts, Rockport Opera House, Rockport, ME
Carl Maria von Weber (arr. Hector Berlioz): Invitation to the Dance, Op.65
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Jessie Montgomery: Banner, for Solo String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra
Catalyst Quartet; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO), Ordway Concert Hall, St. Paul, MN
Hour 2
Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words, Op. 109
Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
Works for Cello and Piano
EMI 73498
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Aspen Music Festival Orchestral Ensemble; Lawrence Isaacson, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
Jim Stephenson: ROCOmotive
ROCO; Brett Mitchell, conductor
ROCO, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: Mvts 1-5
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
92nd Street Y, Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York City, NY
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