Composer Viet Cuong was inspired by renewable energy when he wrote Re(new)al, a concerto for percussion quartet. Each movement is based on a different source of power: water, wind, and solar. On this episode of Performance Today, it's music celebrating renewable energy, and everything that's possible when we work together.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E-flat, Op. 20: Movement 2 Adagio cantabile
Eduard Brunner, clarinet; Marie-Luise Neunecker, horn; Thomas Zehetmair, violin; Stefan Schweigert, bassoon; Cheryl House, cello; James van Valkenburg, viola; Alois Posch, double bass
Beethoven Septet and Piano Quintet Music
Philips 434036
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 Razumovsky: Movements 1, 3 & 4
Pacifica Quartet
Interlochen Presents, Corson Auditorium, Interlochen, MI
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestants are Doug and Lynda Miller from Mt. Pleasant, SC
Viet Cuong: Re(new)al
Epoch Percussion Quartet: Oni Lara, Nigel Fernandez, Andrew Lynge, Corey Fica, percussion; The University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
Butler School of Music, Bates Recital Hall, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Hour 2
Gabriel Faure: Barcarolle No. 1 in A minor, Op. 26
John Novacek, piano
Last Kiss: Romantic piano music for love and passion
Four Winds 3016
Antonin Dvorak: Czech Suite, Op. 39
Camerata RCO
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in C Major, KV Anh. 171 (285b)
Carol Wincenc, flute; Members of Escher String Quartet: Adam Barnett-Hart, violin; Pierre Lapoint, viola; Brook Speltz, cello
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
John Novacek: Four Rags for Violin and Piano
Steven Copes, violin; John Novacek, piano
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
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