The harp has a reputation for sounding light and beautiful, but in the right hands, a harp can express any emotion. On today's episode, hear the powerful, propulsive side of the harp. Harpist Ann Hobson Pilot and the English Chamber Orchestra perform Alberto Ginastera's Harp Concerto.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
William Grant Still: Summerland
Jean DeMart, flute; Ann Hobson Pilot, harp; Lydia Forbes, violin; George Taylor, viola; Mark Churchill, cello
Works by William Grant Still
New World Records 80399
Benjamin Britten: Three Divertimenti for String Quartet
Telegraph Quartet
Interlochen Presents, Corson Auditorium, Interlochen, MI
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor for Two Cellos, Strings, and Continuo, RV 531
Dmitri Atapine, cello; Brook Speltz, cello; Adam Barnett-Hart, Soovin Kim, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello; Peter Lloyd, bass; Gloria Chien, harpsichord
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Menlo Park, CA
Alberto Ginastera: Harp Concerto, Op. 25
Ann Hobson Pilot, harp; English Chamber Orchestra; Isaiah Jackson, conductor
Mathias: Harp Concerto - Ginastera: Harp Concerto
Koch NA
Hour 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatina in C minor, WoO 43 No. 1
Lajos Mayer, mandolin; Imre Rohmann, piano
Beethoven Rarities
Hungaroton 12303
Richard Galliano: New York Tango
Russian Renaissance
Interlochen Presents, Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall, Interlochen, MI
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in C Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 102, No. 1
Joshua Roman, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Baruch Performing Arts Center at Baruch College, New York, NY
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919)
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
The Nashville Symphony, Laura Turner Hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
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