Composer Joel Puckett had a dear grandfather-in-law, who always had the right line of poetry for any situation. Including his own poignant final words just before his death. On this episode of Performance Today, hear music inspired by the final words of a loved one: It Perched for Vespers Nine, by Joel Puckett.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Claudio Grafulla: Washington Grays
US Military Bands & US Marine Band; Colonel Micahael J. Colburn, conductor
Military Workout With Military Music
Altissimo! NA
Joel Puckett: It Perched for Vespers Nine
United States Marine Band; Col. Jason K. Fettig, conductor
United States Marine Band, Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, Alexandria, VA
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Cynthia Sibitzky from Haslett, TX
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 Prelude
Julia Yang, cello; Lee Dionne, piano
PT Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Sergei Prokofiev: Cello Sontata in C Minor, Op. 119: Movement 1
Julia Yang, cello; Lee Dionne, piano
PT Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Hour 2
Leonard Bernstein: Prologue from West Side Story (Live)
Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra; David Runnicles, conductor
Season 57 Highlights - 2018 (Live)
Grand Teton Music Festival NA
Marcel Tournier: Au Matin
Mallory McHenry, harp
PT Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, St. Paul, MN
Gabriel Pierné: Impromptu Caprice
Mallory McHenry, harp
PT Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, St. Paul, MN
Parish Alvars: Romance No. 5
Mallory McHenry, harp
PT Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, St. Paul, MN
Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64: Movement 3
GTMF Festival Orchestra; Donald Runnicles, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Nino Rota: Sarabande e Toccata
Mallory McHenry, harp
PT Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, St. Paul, MN
Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Harp: Movement 1
Mallory McHenry, harp
PT Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, St. Paul, MN
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