Violinist Yi-Wen Jiang has always loved Western classical music and traditional music from his native China. A few years ago he decided to combine elements of the two, and made some lively arrangements of Chinese folk songs for string quartet. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear the Shanghai Quartet play those arrangements in concert in Rockport, Massachusetts.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Francis Poulenc: Intermezzi
Pascal Roge, piano
Oeuvres pour piano
London 425862-2
Jean Francaix: Petit Quatuor: 1. Gaguenardise
Italian Saxophone Quartet
Beaches Fine Arts Jacksonville, St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F: 2. Assez vif - tres rythme
Seattle Marimba Quartet
In Studio at KING FM, Seattle, WA
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in B-flat: Allegro tristamente
Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano and conductor; String Theory 5
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contredanses for Orchestra
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Billy Joel (arr. Craig Wende): Lullabye (Goodnight my Angel)
Seattle Marimba Quartet
In Studio at KING FM, Seattle, WA
Hour 2
Alberto Ginastera: Impresiones de la Puna: 2. Cancion; 3.. Danza
Eugenia Zukerman, flute; The Shanghai Quartet
Music for a Sunday Morning
Delos 3173
Duke Ellington: In a Sentimental Mood
Jason Vieaux, guitar
Classical KING FM's Northwest Focus LIVE, Classical KING FM, Seattle, WA
Yi-Wen Jiang: Selections from "Chinasong"
Shanghai Quartet
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Paul Hindemith: Symphony: Mathis der Maler
Swiss-Italian Orchestra; Lukasz Borowicz, conductor
Stelio Molo Auditorium, Lugano, Switzerland
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