One of the great joys of music festivals is hearing ad-hoc all-star groups who would never otherwise get to play together. We've got just such an ensemble on today's show, a unique all-star quartet plays music by Gabriel Faure at the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival on Long Island.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor: II. Lento - Allegro Molto
Paul Watkins, cello | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
Album: Best of British from the BBC Proms 2007
DG 477735
Florence Price: Clouds
Josh Tatsuo Cullen, piano
Grand Valley State University Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Sherman van Solkema Recital Hall, Haas Center for Performing Arts, Allen Charter Township, MI
Gabriel Faure: Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
Anthony Marwood, violin | Cynthia Phelps, viola | Paul Watkins, cello | Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Bridgehampton Chamber Music, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Mari Esabel Valverde: Darest, O Soul
Cantus
Album: COVID-19 Sessions
Signum
Hour 2
Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 2: Movement 2 Andante con espressione
Natasha Paremski, piano
Album: Natasha Paremski: Brahms Kahane Prokofiev
Arioso 13
Hanna Benn: Where Springs Not Fail
East Coast Chamber Orchestra
Chamber Music Northwest, Kaul Auditorium, Portland, OR
Frederic Chopin & Thomas Ades: Mazurkas (selections)
Natasha Paremski, piano
Southeastern Piano Festival, Darla Moore School of Business Johnson Hall, Columbia, SC
Sergio Assad: Utsey Capricci
Jason Vieaux, guitar | Escher String Quartet
Lillian & Robert Utsey Chamber Music Series, Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson, SC
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