Eleanor Alberga decided she wanted to be a concert pianist when she was five years old. By age ten, she was composing works for the piano. Alberga is now a highly-regarded composer of music for much more than just piano. On today's show, hear members of the Minnesota Orchestra play "Shining Gate of Morpheus" by Eleanor Alberga.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Frederic Chopin: Mazurka No. 33 in B major, Op. 56, No. 1
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Fazioli Hall, Sacile, Italy
Album: Daniil Trifonov Plays Frederic Chopin
Ferruccio Busoni: Lustspiel Ouverture, Op. 38
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana | Francois Leleux, conductor
St. Francis' Church, Locarno, Switzerland
Judith Lang Zaimont: Reflective Rag
Members of the Sylvan Trio: Suzanne Bona, flute | Greg Kostraba, piano
Album: Music for Flute, Cello & Piano By Women Composers
Kickshaw Records 1002
Frederic Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60
Alexei Aceto, piano
Phelps Mansion Museum Chamber Series, Phelps Mansion Museum, Binghamton, NY
Louise Farrenc: Sextet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano, Op. 40
Marya Martin, flute | Kemp Jernigan, oboe | Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet | Peter Kolkay, bassoon | Stewart Rose, horn | Juho Pohjonen, piano
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Hour 2
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Peter von Weinhardt: Oblivion
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin | London Symphony Orchestra | Keith Lockhart, conductor
Album: Serenade: The Love Album
E One 7792
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 10 in E flat Major for Two Pianos, K. 365
Plamena Mangova & Ricardo Castro, pianos
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana | Francois Leleux, conductor
St. Francis' Church, Locarno, Switzerland
Eleanor Alberga: Shining Gate of Morpheus
Sarah Grimes, violin | Cecilia Belcher, violin | Sam Bergman, viola | Katja Linfield, cello | Ellen Dinwiddie Smith, horn
Members of the Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Jose Bragato: Escualo Tango
Sybarite5
88.7 KCME/UCCS Presents/Adventure Culture Fund, ENT Center for the Arts, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO
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