When Anyango Yarbo-Davenport turned two years old, she asked her parents if she could get her own... orchestra. Anyango's mom said she didn't think she could make enough food for an entire orchestra. Still, the gift she received instead made a profound impact. On today's show, violinist Anyango Yarbo-Davenport plays from 'Carolinian Dances' by Robert Aldridge.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94bis: Movement 2 Scherzo
James Ehnes, violin; Wendy Chen, piano
The Essential James Ehnes
Analekta 2015
Louis Moreau Gottschalk: The Dying Poet, Op. 11
Cecile Licad, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Paquito D'Rivera: Aires tropicales
Alice K. Dade, flute; Cassie Pilgrim, oboe; Anton Rist, clarinet; Fei Xie, bassoon; Kaitlyn Resler, horn
Festival Mozaic, Harold J. Miossi Cultural and Performing Arts Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Wendy Chen, piano; Strings Festival Musicians; Loras Schissel, conductor
Strings Music Festival, Strings Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO
Hour 2
Robert Aldridge: Waltz No. 12 & No. 14
Min Kwon, piano
Dance - Piano Music Through The Centuries
MSR Classics NA
Bela Bartok: Divertimento for Strings
A Far Cry
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Robert Aldridge: Carolinian Dances (excerpt)
Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin; Vanessa Fadial, piano
Americana!
Anyangomusic NA
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, Hob. XVI: 41
Chaeyoung Park, piano
Southeastern Piano Festival, University of South Carolina School of Music Recital Hall, Columbia, SC
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