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Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir

Despite the need to stay physically apart these days, music has the power to unite us, to make us feel connected to our fellow humans. On Today's show, join us for a performance featuring Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir, a choir of more than 17,000 singers.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Eric Whitacre: I Carry Your Heart
Eric Whitacre Singers
Studio Recording
MPR Recording NA

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 "Italian"
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Gemma New, conductor
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Royce Hall, Westwood, CA

Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Duston S. from Loami, IL

Traditional, arr. J. David Moore: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Chicago A Cappella; Patrick Sinozich, conductor
Nichols Hall, Evanston, IL

Eric Whitacre: Sing Gently
Sam Glicklich, piano; Virtual Choir; Eric Whitacre, conductor
Virtual Choir
UNQUIET UNQ013

Hour 2

Christos Hatzis: String Quartet No. 1: Movement 4
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Awakening
EMI Classics 5 58038 2

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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