When violinist Ilya Gringolts was just a kid in the USSR, his first teacher told him to quit the violin, that he had no talent. Fortunately, he didn't let that stop him. Now, he's THRIVING. On today's show, we'll take you to a concert in Switzerland to hear Ilya Gringolts play Pablo de Sarasate's Spanish Dances.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Camille Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals (selections)
Renaud Capucon & Esther Hoppe, violins | Beatrice Muthelet, viola | Gautier Capucon, cello | Janne Saksala, double bass | Frank Braley & Michel Dalberto, piano | Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Album: Le Carnaval Des Animaux
Virgin 45603
Pietro Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op. 1 No. 11
Chloe Fedor & Ravenna Lipchik, violins | Yvonne Smith, viola | Kieran Campbell, cello
Lakes Area Music Festival, Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts, Brainerd, MN
Howard Ferguson: Octet for Winds and Strings, Op. 4
Stella Chen, violin | Cho-Liang Lin, violin | Matthew Lipman, viola | Sihao He, cello | Anthony Manzo, double bass | Bixby Kennedy, clarinet | Marc Goldberg, bassoon | Dan Wions, horn
Lillian & Robert Utsey Chamber Music Series, Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Camille Saint-Saens, arr: Greg Anderson: Danse Macabre
Grant Teton Music Festival Chamber Ensemble: Greg Anderson, piano | Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano | Lydia Umlauf, violin | Richard Brown, percussion | John Kinzie, percussion
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Hour 2
Pablo de Sarasate: Reverie, Op. 4
Tianwa Yang, violin | Markus Hadulla, piano
Album: Sarasate: Violin and Piano Music, Vol. 3
Naxos
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90 Movement 1: Allegro vivace
Texas Festival Orchestra | Michelle Merrill, conductor
Round Top Music Festival, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Pablo de Sarasate, arr. Jonathan Keren: Spanish Dances
Ilya Gringolts, solo violin | Anahit Kurtikyan and Jonathan Keren, violins | Silvia Simionescu, viola | Claudius Herrmann, cello | Chen Halevi, clarinet | Michal Lewkowicz, clarinet
Mizmorim Festival, Schmiedenhof, Basel, Switzerland
Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 67 Movement 4: Poco allegretto con varia
Calidore String Quartet
Tippet Rise Art Center, The Olivier Music Barn, Tippet Rise Art Center, Fishtail, MT
Clara Schumann, arr. Karen Ouzounian: Ich Stand in Dunkeln Traumen
Aizuri Quartet
Tippet Rise Art Center, The Olivier Music Barn, Tippet Rise Art Center, Fishtail, MT
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