Poster Composer Jason Moran
Composer Jason Moran
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Jason Moran: Cane

When Marie Therese Coin Coin was granted her freedom in 1778, she used her business skills to become a landowner, with the goal of purchasing her children's freedom. Composer Jason Moran is Coin Coin's great-great-grand-nephew. On today's show, hear the Imani Winds play "Cane" by Jason Moran - music inspired by Maran's family history.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

David Biedenbender: Refraction: Kyrie for Machaut and Part
Akropolis Reed Quintet
The Space Between Us
Innova 969

Robert Schumann: Quartet for Strings in F major, Op. 41, No. 2
Schumann Quartet
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY

Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Pekka Kuusisto, conductor
Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN

Samuel M Lewis & J Fred Coots, arr. Jelthe Althius: For All We Know
Akropolis Reed Quintet; Ryan Reynolds, conductor
San Antonio Chamber Music Society, Temple Beth-El, San Antonio, TX

Hour 2

Zoltan Kodaly: Serenade for 2 Violins and Viola: Movement 1 Allegramente
Ani Kavafian, Joseph Silverstein, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Bartok, Kodaly, Dohnanyi
Delos 3151

Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 2: Movement 1 Allegro con spirito
Kevin Chen, piano; Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra; John Morris Russell, conductor
Hilton Head International Piano Competition, First Presbyterian Church, Hilton Head Island, SC

Daniel Temkin: Time Capsule
Ani Kavafian, violin; Ida Kavafian, violin
Chamber Music Northwest, Kaul Auditorium, Portland, OR

Jason Moran: Cane
Imani Winds
UChicago Presents, Performance Hall, Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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