When composer Shulamit Ran finished writing a piece, she somewhat flippantly named the piece "Lyre of Orpheus". Later, she was astonished to find that the title was totally appropriate. Hear the story and the music on this episode of Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Donald Fraser: Epilogue for Strings
English Symphony Orchestra | Donald Fraser, conductor
Album: Donald Fraser: Songs for Strings
Avie 2391
Tania Leon: Acana
Basel Sinfonietta | Ilan Volkov, conductor
Don Basco Cultural Center, Basel, Switzerland
Philippe Gaubert: Trois Aquarelles for Flute, Cello, and Piano
Marya Martin, flute | Paul Watkins, cello | Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Bridgehampton Chamber Music, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Franz Schubert, arr. Kenneth Woods: Death and the Maiden, Variations and Lied
April Fredrick, soprano | English Symphony Orchestra | Kenneth Woods, conductor
English Symphony Orchestra, Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK
Hour 2
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Death of Tybalt
Buffalo Philharmonic | JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Emerson String Quartet
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, West Palm Beach, FL
Shulamit Ran: Lyre of Orpheus
Shawn Moore, Geoffery Herd, violins | Kirsten Doctor, Noah Fields, violas | Clive Greensmith, Hannah Collins, cellos
Geneva Music Festival, Froelich Hall, Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Frederic Chopin: Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op. 2
Daniela Liebman, piano
Beaches Fine Arts Series, St. Paul's By The Sea Epicsopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
Danny Elfman: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra "Eleven Eleven": Movement 1
Sandy Cameron, violin | The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra | JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
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