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Meira Warshauer, composer
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Meira Warshauer

Our planet is teeming with life, and the rainforests are the lungs of the earth. Composer Meira Warshauer was moved by that image and the threats our natural world faces when she wrote her first symphony. It's a musical prayer for healing, for our home. On today's show, hear Warshauer's Symphony No. 1 "Living Breathing Earth", from a performance by the Western Piedmont Symphony in Hickory, NC.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Astor Piazzolla: Milonga en re
Gidon Kremer, violin
Hommage a Piazzolla
Nonesuch 79407

George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G Major, Op. 6, HWV 319
Strings Festival Orchestra; John Macfarlane, conductor
Strings Music Festival, Strings Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO

Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Mike Miller from New York City, NY

Astor Piazzolla, arr. Jose Bragato: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires for Piano Trio
Michael Kim, piano; Maureen Nelson, violin; Sarah Lewis, cello
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Sundin Hall, Hamline University, Saint Paul, MN

Hour 2

Bohuslav Martinu: Sinfonia Concertante for Two Orchestras Movement 4 Allegretto
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
Concerto Grosso
Supraphon 110381

Inti Illimani, arr. LAGQ: La Fiesta de la Tirana
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Beaches Fine Arts Series, St. Paul's By The Sea Church, Jacksonville, FL

Traditional, arr. LAGQ: Shenandoah
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Beaches Fine Arts Series, St. Paul's By The Sea Church, Jacksonville, FL

Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata No. 3 for cello and piano, H. 340
Raphael Bell, cello; Jeewon Park, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA

Meira Warshauer: Symphony No. 1 Living Breathing Earth: Mvts 2-4
Western Piedmont Symphony; John G. Ross, conductor
Western Piedmont Symphony, First Baptist Church, Hickory, NC

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