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Arturo Marquez
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Arturo Marquez

Mexican composer Arturo Marquez says he has always been enthralled by the music bubbling out of cafes and dance salons in Mexico. On Today's show, hear the Dorian Wind Quintet perform Danza del Mediodia, by Arturo Marquez, inspired by the cafe music of Mexico City.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Tonu Korvits: Leaving Capri
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Risto Joost, conductor
Tonu Korvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights
Ondine 1349

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, op. 36
Yekwon Sunwoo, piano
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Bass Hall, Fort Worth, TX

Arturo Marquez, arr. Ulf-Guido Schafer: Danza del Mediodia
Dorian Wind Quintet
Skaneateles Festival, First Presbyterian Church Skaneateles, NY

Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Collegium Musicale; Tonu Kaljuste, conductor
Arvo Part Days, St. John's Church, Tallinn, Estonia

Hour 2

Michael Fine: Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet: I. Andante lyrico
Anton Rist, clarinet; Scott Yoo, violin; Erik Arvinder, violin; Maurycy Banaszek, viola; Jonah Kim, cello
Five for Five: Chamber Music
Evidence Classics NA

Michael Torke: Adjustable Wrench
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
The Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN

Jean Francaix: Octet
Anton Rist, clarinet; Conrad Cornelison, bassoon; Kaitlyn Resler, horn; Abigel Kralik, Aurelia Duca, violins; Jessica Oudin, viola; Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello; Robert Franenberg, double bass
Festival Mozaic, Harold J. Miossi Cultural and Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo, CA

Clara Schumann: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20
Jessica Xylina Osborne, piano
92nd Street Y, Buttenwieser Hall, New York City, NY

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