Pianist and cultural activist Lara Downes co-hosts an hour with Fred Child to kick off Women's History Month. They'll explore Downes's recent performances from Detroit and Brevard and take an exclusive sneak peek at her upcoming release on the Pentatone label.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water
Lara Downes, piano
Album: Some of These Days
Flipside Music
Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement - Parts 2 and 3
Lara Downes, piano | Detroit Symphony Orchestra | William Eddins, conductor
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Detroit, MI
Harry T. Burleigh: From the Southland: Movements 2 & 6
Lara Downes, piano
Brevard Music Center, Parker Concert Hall, Brevard Music Center, Brevard, NC
William Grant Still, arr. Lara Downes: Summerland
Lara Downes, piano
Brevard Music Center, Parker Concert Hall, Brevard Music Center, Brevard, NC
Leonard Bernstein: Something's Coming
Lara Downes, piano | Kevin Olusola, vocals
Album: For Lenny
Sony 84284011251
Meredith Monk: Ellis Island
Lara Downes, piano | Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Oregon Bach Festival, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, OR
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Ignaz Friedman: Sleepers Awake
Lara Downes, piano
Album: Love at Last
Pentatone
Clarice Assad: A World of Change
Lara Downes, piano
Album: Love at Last
Pentatone
Traditional, arr. Shawn Okpebholo: Amazing Grace
Lara Downes, piano
Album: Love at Last
Pentatone
Hour 2
Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 1 for Clarinet & Piano: Movement 3
Jon Manasse, clarinet | Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Album: Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas
Harmonia Mundi 907430
Joel Thompson: In Response to the Madness, for string quartet
Members of the Minnesota Orchestra: Rui Du, violin | Cecilia Belcher, violin | Sam Bergman, viola | Minji Choi, cello
Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Frederic Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35
Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano
Quebec Summer Festivals, Concerts aux Iles de Bic, Quebec, Canada
Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine | Theodore Kuchar, conductor
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
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