Violinist Hilary Hahn recently got twenty-seven composers to write encores for her. On this weekend's Performance Today we'll hear more about the motivation behind her project, as well four of these newly-composed pieces.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to La Clemenza di Tito
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
The Mozart Experience
Conifer 55031
Jean-Fery Rebel: Sonata in d minor
Trio Settecento: Rachel Barton Pine, baroque violin; John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba; David Schrader, harpsichord
Sheldon Friends of Chamber Music, Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Susan Liebeskind from Atlanta, GA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Artosphere Festival Orchestra; Corrado Rovaris, conductor
Great Hall, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Hour 2
Peter Tchaikovsky: Russian Dance
Trio Voronezh: Sergei Teleshev, bajan; Vladimir Volochin, domra; Valerie Petruchin, double-bass balalaika
EMI 56892
Jean Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22: 4. Lemminkainen's Return
Nashville Symphony; Mario Venzago, conductor
Laura Turner Concert Hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center; Nashville, TN
Valentin Silvestrov: Two Pieces
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
Greenwich House Music School, New York, NY
Jennifer Higdon: Echo Dash
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
Greenwich House Music School, New York, NY
Somei Satoh: Bifu
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
Greenwich House Music School, New York, NY
Jeff Myers: The Angry Birds of Kauai
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores
DG 479 1725
Henryk Pachulski: Suite in Memory of Peter Tchaikovsky, Op. 13
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Lukasz Borowicz, conductor
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