Gao Hong grew up in China but has lived in Minnesota for about 30 years. Recently, she's been writing music combining her pipa (Chinese lute) with Western ensembles. We’ll hear a great example on today’s show: Nostalgia, by Gao Hong, for pipa, clarinet, cello, and piano.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Anton Arensky: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 35: III. Finale: Andante Sostenuto - Allegro Moderato
Kirsten Johnson, viola | Lynn Harrell and Zuill Bailey, cellos | Soovin Kim, violin
Album: Dohnanyi: Serenade In C Major - Arensky: String Quartet No. 2
Delos
Eubie Blake, arr. Gunther Schuller: The Charleston Rag
English Symphony Orchestra | Kenneth Woods, conductor
English Symphony Orchestra, Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise for Cello and Piano
Zuill Bailey, cello | Michael Butterman, piano
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Brungard Aviation Hangar, Boulder, CO
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Anthony McGill, clarinet | The Pacifica Quartet
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Hour 2
John Playford: Newcastle/Splendid Schilling
Gao Hong, Pipa | Belladonna Baroque Quartet
Album: Hui: Folk Melodies from China And 17th Century Europe
Ten Thousand Lakes
Wayne Barlow: The Winter's Passed
Henry Ward, oboe | The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra | JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Jean Francaix: Octet
Anton Rist, clarinet | Conrad Cornelison, bassoon | Kaitlyn Resler, horn | Abigel Kralik, Aurelia Duca, violins | Jessica Oudin, viola | Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello | Robert Franenberg, double bass
Festival Mozaic, Harold J. Miossi Cultural and Performing Arts Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
Zhang Zhao: Pi-Huang (Moments from Beijing Opera)
Zhu Wang, piano
Honest Brook Music Festival, Delhi, NY
Traditional: White Snow in Spring (encore)
Wu Man, pipa
Presented by the Lexington Symphony, Cary Memorial Hall, Lexington, MA
Gao Hong: Nostalgia
Gao Hong, pipa | Gabriel Campos Zamora, clarinet | Erik Wheeler, cello | Nikki Melville, piano
International Friendship Through the Performing Arts, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, MN
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