"Tales of Hemingway" by Michael Daugherty won THREE Grammys this year. It's a dramatic musical tour through the life and literature of Ernest Hemingway, ending with a bullfight scene from "The Sun Also Rises." On Friday's Performance Today, travel back into Hemingway's Lost Generation as the Nashville Symphony plays "Tales of Hemingway" by Michael Daugherty.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Vittorio Monti (arr. Avi Avital and Richard Galliano): Czardas
Avi Avital, mandolin; Richard Galliano, accordion
Avi Avital: Between Worlds
DG 19758
Felix Mendelssohn: Overture Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor;
The Barbican, London, England
**Classical Live - available on Google Play**
Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata in G Minor, RV 85
Avi Avital, mandolin; Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord
Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Michael Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway: Movements 1, 3, 4
Zuill Bailey, cello; Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Michael Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway
Naxos 8559798
Hour 2
Eric Ewazen: Quintet for Trumpet and Strings: Movement 1
Chris Gekker, trumpet; St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
Chamber Music of Eric Ewazen
Well-Tempered 5172
Beethoven: Triumphal March from Tarpeja, WoO 2
Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczeski, conductor
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings
Vox 3604
Mica Levi: Vanity from Jackie
Orchestrate; Ben Foster, conductor
Jackie
Milan 36814
Mica Levi: Credits from Jackie
Orchestrate; Ben Foster, conductor
Jackie
Milan 36814
Frederic Chopin: Polonaise Fantasy Op. 61
Ray Ushikubo, piano
PT Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Eric Ewazen: Bridgehampton Suite for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello
Marya Martin, flute; Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violin; Beth Guterman Chu, viola; Edward Arron, cello
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
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