Poster Composer Michael Abels
Composer Michael Abels
Eric Schwabel
Performance Today®

Michael Abels

American composer Michael Abels has been getting a lot of attention in the past few years; in particular, for his movie music. He's in high demand after scoring Jordan Peele's satire horror films Get Out and Us. On today's show, hear one of Abels's orchestral pieces: Delights and Dances, from a concert presented by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: 4 African Dances, Op. 58 Movement 3 Allegro con brio
Samuel Nebyu, violin; Bethany Brooks, piano
Music by Composer of African Descent
BCM+D 2017

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto in A for Cello and String Orchestra, Wq.172
Julie Albers, cello; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Jonathan Cohen, conductor
Benson Great Hall, Bethel University, Arden Hills, MN

Elizabeth Brown: Liguria for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano
Marya Martin, flute; Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet; Tessa Lark, violin; Peter Stumpf, cello; Juho Pohjonen, piano
Bridgehampton Chamber Music, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church Bridgehampton, NY

Harry T. Burleigh: 4 Southland Sketches
Samuel Nebyu, violin; Bethany Brooks, piano
Music of Composers of African Descent
BCM+D 2017

Hour 2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Menuet and A Little Gigue
Sara Davis Buechner, piano
Mozart: Piano Sonatas
Connoisseur Society 4202

Traditional, arr. Simos Papanas: Aman Doctor
Simos Papanas, violin; Daniel Hope, violin; Carla Maria Rodrigues, viola; Eric Kim, cello; Rodney Jordan, bass
Savannah Music Festival, Trinity United Methodist Church, Savannah, GA

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasy and Sonata in C minor, KV.475/457
Sara Davis Buechner, piano
The Freda & Aaron Silberman Recital Series at Baruch Performing Arts Center at Baruch College, Engelman Recital Hall, New York, NY

Michael Abels: Delights and Dances
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Delights and Dances
Cedille 90000 141

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