Bryce Dessner is a member of a successful rock band called The National. But he's also a performer and composer in the classical tradition. On Friday's Performance Today we'll speak with composer Bryce Dessner about his latest work, which was inspired by the writings of Jack Kerouac.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor: 1. Allegro Adagio
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
CPE Bach: Sonatas & Rondos
DG 459614
Bela Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances
Hakan Rosengren, clarinet; Kevin Kumar, violin; Maia Jasper, violin; Robert Brophy, viola; Timpthy Landauer, cello; David Parmeter, bass
Salastina Music Society, Balch Auditorium, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto for Fortepiano and Harpsichord in E-flat Major
Robert Levin, harpsichord; Ya-Fei Chuang, fortepiano; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan
First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA
Moritz Moszkowski: Suite for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 71
Sean Lee, violin; Kristin Lee, violin; Wu Han, piano
Music@Melno, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, CA
Hour 2
Francis Poulenc: Intermezzi
Pascal Roge, piano
Oeuvres pour piano
London 425862-2
Arturo Marquez (arr. Oliver Nickel): Danzon No. 2
Dallas Wind Symphony; Michael Haithcock, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
Francis Poulenc: Sextet, FP 100
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Todd Palmer, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Eric Ruske, French horn; Inon Barnatan, piano
Spoleto Festival, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Bryce Dessner: St. Carolyn by the Sea
Bryce Dessner and Aaron Dessner, electric guitars; Copenhagen Philharmonic; Andre de Ridder, conductor Royal Danish Academy of Music Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bryce Dessner: St. Carolyn by the Sea
DG 0289 479 2700 6
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