The Chinese lute, or pipa, has been around for more than two thousand years. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear a 21st century composition for pipa performed by Wu Man and the Buffalo Philharmonic.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major: 4. Vif et agite
Ebene String Quartet
Debussy, Faure, Ravel - String Quartets Music
Virgin 519045
Bix Beiderbecke (arr: Woodiel and Kostraba): In a Mist
Paul Woodiel, violin; Greg Kostraba, piano
New Harmony Music Festival and School, Thralls Opera House, New Harmony, IN
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet in C Minor: 3. Fantasia (quasi variazioni), Moderato
Inon Barnatan, piano; Geoff Nuttall, violin; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; David Ying, cello; Anthony Manzo, bass
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Ballet
New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Hour 2
Jean Francaix: Octet: 2. Scherzo - Trio
Charis-Ensemble
Jean Francaix Kammermusik
MD&G 3300
Gioachino Rossini: Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra
Todd Palmer, clarinet; Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Livia Sohn, violin; Daniel Philips, violin; Gabriela Diaz, viola; Andres Diaz, cello; Geoff Nuttall, conductor
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Zhao Jiping: Pipa Concerto No. 2
Wu Man, pipa; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Matthew Kraemer, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Traditional: White Snow in Spring
Wu Man, pipa
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Jean Francaix: Divertissement for Bassoon and Strings
Frank Morelli, bassoon; Theodore Arm, violin; Guillermo Figueroa, violin; Toby Appel, viola; Keith Robinson, cello; Laurence Glazener, double bass
Music from Angel Fire, Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM
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