When deadlines are tight and work is stressful, the baby also starts crying, but for composer Valerie Coleman, her newborn's need for comfort created "unexpected serenity." On this episode of PT, we'll hear a trio written with a baby in one hand and a pen in the other: Rubispheres by Valerie Coleman.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Anthony DiLorenzo: Anthem of Hope: Houston Strong
ROCO | Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Album: ROCO: Visions Take Flight
Innova 016
Jessie Montgomery: Rhapsody No. 1 for Solo Violin
Sarah Ma, violin
PT Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Fritz Kreisler: Recitativo and Scherzo Caprice, Op. 6
Sarah Ma, violin
PT Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Jessica Meyer: Go Big or Go Home
Clay Melton, electric guitar | Zachary Cox, electric bass | Zach Brindle, drum set | ROCO | Delyana Lazarova, conductor
ROCO, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
Chen Yi: "Memory" for Solo Violin
Sarah Ma, violin
PT Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
J. S. Bach: Sonata No. 1: III. Siciliana and IV. Presto
Sarah Ma, violin
PT Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk)
Sarah Ma, violin
PT Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Hour 2
Arvo Part: Summa for String Quartet
Chilingirian Quartet
Album: Tavener: Thunder Entered Her
Virgin Classics 5099969323
Arvo Part: Spiegel im Spiegel "Mirror in the Mirror"
Soo Bae, cello | Noreen Polera, piano
Honest Brook Music Festival, Delhi, NY
Valerie Coleman: Rubispheres for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon
Imani Winds
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Charles Martin Loeffler: Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola, and Piano
Alecia Lawyer, oboe | Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola | Audrey Andrist, piano
ROCO, Rienzi, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
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