It's the beginning of the New Year in much of Asia. More than a billion people are ushering in the Year of the Ox with food and family celebrations. Join us as we celebrate the Lunar New Year with a concert highlight from Shanghai, China.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joel Puckett: Concerto Duo: Movement 1 The Great American Scream Machine
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Demarre McGill, flute; Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor
Winged Creatures
Cedille 90000187
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051
Yura Lee, viola; Richard O'Neill, viola; Colin Carr, cello; Efe Baltacigil, cello; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Joseph Conyers, double bass; Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY
Liu Qi-Chao, arr. Peng Xie: Concerto for Zheng "Spirit of Chinese Calligraphy"
Shasha Lu, zheng; Shanghai Chinese Orchestra; Shenshen Yao, conductor
International Arts Festival of China, Grand Theatre, Shanghai, China
Valerie Coleman: Portraits of Langston (excerpts)
Mahershala Ali, voice; Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet and Piano
Cedille 90000172
Hour 2
Margaret Bonds: from Three Dream Portraits: I. Minstrel Man, II. Dream
Bonnie Pomfret, soprano; Laura Gordy, piano
De Toda la Eternidad
ACA NA
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8, Op. 88, B. 163: Mvts 1-2
Texas Festival Orchestra; Linus Lerner, conductor
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Zoltan Kodaly: Dances of Marosszek
ROCO; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
ROCO, Cynthia Wood Mitchell Pavilion, Woodlands, TX
Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water
Joel Fan, piano
West of the Sun: Music of the Americas
Reference Recordings RR-119
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