Composer Wayne Shorter is fascinated by the metaphorical idea of terra incognita, the undiscovered territory in ourselves... and the courage that it takes to explore that territory. On today's show, hear Imani Winds play Shorter's Terra Incognita at a concert presented by the University of Chicago.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
John Dowland: Now, o now, I needs must part
Piers Lane, piano
Grainger: Piano Transcriptions
Hyperion 67279
Richard Wagner: Overture and "Venusberg Music" from Tannhauser (Paris version)
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
The Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
Robert Washut: Soneando for Violin, Viola and Cello
Joanna Maurer, violin; Michael Roth, viola; Peter Sanders, cello
Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival, Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, VT
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for flute and Piano, FP. 164
Lorna McGhee, flute; Piers Lane, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Hour 2
Jeff Scott: Titilayo
Imani Winds
Imani Winds
Koch 7661
Sergei Rachmaninoff, arr. Antonio Pompa-Baldi: Vocalise
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano
Southeastern Piano Festival, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, SC
Wayne Shorter: Terra Incognita
Imani Winds
UChicago Presents, Performance Hall, Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, IL
Sergei Prokofiev: Orchestral Suites from Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra; Evan Rogister, conductor
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston Gaillard Center, Martha and John M Rivers Performance Hall, Charleston, SC
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