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Valerie Coleman: Requiem Milonga

A few weeks ago, the Lakes Area Music Festival in Minnesota did an online concert with a theme of remembering those we've lost due to the pandemic. On today's show, join us for a highlight from that concert: Requiem Milonga by Valerie Coleman.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Andre Previn: Tango Song and Dance: Movement 2 Song; Simply
Augustin Hadelich, violin; Joyce Yang, piano
Franck - Kurtag - Previn - Schumann: Augustin Hadelich - Joyce Yang
Avie 2347

Manuel de Falla: Suite populaire espagnole: Movements 2-6
Martin Chalifour, violin; Mak Grgic, guitar
Interlochen Presents, Dendrinos Chapel, Interlochen, MI

Valerie Coleman: Requiem Milonga
Alicia McQuerrey, flute; Henry Kramer, piano
Lakes Area Music Festival, Tornstrom Auditorium, Brainerd, MN

Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Augustin Hadelich, violin; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH

Hour 2

Edward MacDowell: Piano Concerto No.2 In D, Op.22: Presto
Stephen Prutsman, piano; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Arthur Fagen, conductor
American Classics: Piano Concertos No.1 And 2/Witches' Dance/Romance For Cello And Orchestra
Naxos NA

Morton Gould: Stringmusic
Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR

Fritz Kreisler: Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta
Alexandre Da Costa, violin; Alexandra Nguyen, piano
UCCS Presents/Classical 88.7 KCME/Adventure Culture Fund, Ent Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO

Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor from Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, BWV 887
Stephen Prutsman, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA

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