Poster In Mo Yang, PT Young Artist in Residence
In Mo Yang, PT Young Artist in Residence
Will Keeler
Performance Today®

In Mo Yang

On this episode of Performance Today, we'll introduce you to our current Young Artist in Residence: violinist In Mo Yang. In Mo joins Fred Child in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio in St Paul for music and conversation... and more beautiful music.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Maurice Ravel: Miroirs Movement 2 Oiseaux tristes
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Beautiful Starry Night: Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays Ravel
London/Decca 448618

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
In Mo Yang, violin
Performance Today Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN

Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
RTE National Symphony Orchestra; Duncan Ward, conductor
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland

Paul Hindemith: Sonata for violin solo Op. 31 No. 2
In Mo Yang, violin
Performance Today Young Artist in Residence; Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN

Nicolo Paganini: Caprice No. 1
In Mo Yang, violin
Performance Today Young Artist in Residence; Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN

Hour 2

Leos Janacek: Romance for Violin & Piano
Petr Messieurer, violin; Radoslav Kvapil, piano
Leos Janacek: solo piano, violin & piano, cello & piano
Adda 581136

Boris Blacher: Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Orchestre National de France; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
Auditorium, Maison de la Radio, Paris, France

Eugene Ysaye: Sonata for violin solo No. 2 "Obsession"
In Mo Yang, violin
Performance Today Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN

Fritz Kreisler: Recitativo and Scherzo
In Mo Yang, violin
Performance Today Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN

Leos Janacek: Jealousy (original prelude to 'Jenufa')
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Thomas Sondergard, conductor
Oslo Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway

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