Composer Sheridan Seyfried wrote a double concerto for two violin-playing brothers, Timothy and Nikki Chooi. Seyfried wanted to express their special bond AND their individual personalities. On today's episode, hear an expression of what it means to be family: Sheridan Seyfried's Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Movement 3 Allegro
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor
Franz Joseph Haydn - Surprise And Farewell
Sony 61700
Joseph Haydn: Divertimento for Flute, Violin, and Cello in G major, Hob.IV.3, London Trio No. 3
Marya Martin, flute; Paul Huang, violin; Jakob Koranyi, cello
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Jackie Aivaliotis from Pittsburgh, PA
Sheridan Seyfried: Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra
Nikki and Timothy Chooi, violins; Lake George Music Festival Symphony Orchestra; Roger Kalia, conductor
Lake George Music Festival, Lake George High School, Lake George, NY
Hour 2
Christos Hatzis: String Quartet No 1 Movement 4
St. Lawrence String Quartet
5 58038 2
Awakening
EMI Classics
Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto: Movement 1
Karen Gomyo, violin; Houston Symphony; Fabien Gabel, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX
Florence Price, arr. Boris Vayner: Piano Concerto in One Movement
Michelle Cann, piano; Geoffrey Herd, violin; Shawn Moore, violin; Colin Brookes, viola; Max Geissler, cello
Geneva Music Festival, Froelich Hall, Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, NY
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
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