Violinist Leila Josefowicz has forged a tremendous career specializing in 20th and 21st-century music. At times, Josefowicz has faced reluctance or resistance from what she sees as the somewhat stodgy traditions in some parts of the classical music world. Still, she believes that the greatest music happens when one overcomes fear and pushes the traditional boundaries. On today's show, Leila Josefowicz plays Stravinsky's Violin Concerto in D Major, backed by conductor Donald Runnicles and the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Violin Concerto: Mvt. 1
Leila Josefowicz, violin | Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Hannu Lintu, conductor
Album: B. A. Zimmermann: Violin Concerto, Photoptosis, Die Soldaten Symphony
Ondine
Soon Hee Newbold: Alis Volat Propriis (World Premiere)
The Merian Ensemble
Emory University, Emory University Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Atlanta, GA
Ruth Gipps, arr. Elisabeth Remy Johnson: Sea-shore Suite, Op. 3b
Emily Brebach, oboe | Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp
The Merian Ensemble | Emory University, Emory University Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Atlanta, GA
Piano Puzzler
Contestant: Kate Kreger calling from Geneseo, New York
Igor Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D Major
Leila Josefowicz, violin | Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra | Donald Runnicles, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Hour 2
Gabriel Faure: Cello Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13 Movement 4: Allegro quasi presto
Yo-Yo Ma, cello | Kathryn Stott, piano
Album: Paris La Belle Epoque - Faure, Massenet
Sony 87287
Gabriel Faure: Berceuse for violin and piano, Op. 16
Francisco Fullana, violin | Hyeyeon Park, piano
Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival and Institute, Spieker Center for the Arts, Menlo Park, CA
John Adams: Fearful Symmetries
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande | Roderick Cox, conductor
EBU, Victory Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade for Orchestra in A minor, Op. 33
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic | Ruth Reinhardt, conductor
National Orchestral Institute + Festival, Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD
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