Every Friday, Performance Today features 21st century music. This week: "Lunar Reflections" by 35 year-old Canadian composer Heather Schmidt. It's not in five movements, Schmidt says it's in five "moons." From the delicate beauty of a "February Snow Moon" to the clangorous energy of a "July Thunder Moon." We'll hear the world premiere, from a concert in Toronto by the Gryphon Trio.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Michael Praetorius: Dance Suite: Ballet; Gavottes I, II, III, and VI; Volte II
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Maurice Ravel: La Valse
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Ilan Volkov, conductor
Royal Albert Hall, London (2009 BBC Proms)
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 82 in C Major, Hob I:82 ("The Bear")
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Bela Bartok National Concert Hall, Palace of Arts, Budapest, Hungary
Mao Yan and Liu Tieshan: Dance of the Yao People
Hong Kong Sinfonietta; Edwin Outwater, conductor
Concert Hall, City Hall, Hong Kong
Hour 2
Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op. 115aâ¬"III. Andantino; Presto non assai, ma con sentimento
Chamber Music Northwest: David Shifrin, clarinet; Ani Kavafian, violin; Ida Kavafian, violin; Walter Trampler, viola; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Fred Sherry, cello
Robert Parsons: The Song called Trumpets
Piffaro; Joan Kimball and Bob Wiemken, directors
Town Hall, Seattle, Washington
Heather Schmidt: Lunar Reflections
Gryphon Trio: Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin; Roman Borys, cello; Jamie Parker, piano
Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto, Canada
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Two Keyboards, Strings and Continuo in c minor, B.W.V. 1060
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor and piano; Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano
Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany
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