Tessa Lark is a uniquely American violinist. She has classical conservatory training and grew up playing the fiddle in her family bluegrass band in Kentucky. On today’s show, Tessa Lark shares two sides of herself with a sonata by Eugene Ysaye and a new piece named “The Ysaye Shuffle” by none other than Tessa Lark!
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contretanzes Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12
Swedish Chamber Orchestra | Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Album: Beethoven: Complete Orchestral Works
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Quinn Mason: Reflection on a Memorial
Serafim Smigelskiy, cello | Alex Fortes, violin | Will Frampton, viola | Experiential Orchestra | James Blachly, conductor
Renewal: An Evening with Louise Toppin, DiMenna Center, New York City, NY
Piano Puzzler
Contestant: Bob Lagerquist calling from Eugene, Oregon
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
Thomas Mesa, cello | Ilya Yakushev, piano
Honest Brook Music Festival, Honest Brook Farm, Delhi, NY
Hour 2
Tessa Lark: Appalachian Fantasy
Tessa Lark, violin
Album: Fantasy
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Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25, "Classical"
Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra | Christian Reif, conductor
Lakes Area Music Festival, Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts, Brainerd, MN
Derrick Skye: American Mirror, Part II
Formosa Quartet
Taipei Music Academy and Festival, Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
Eugene Ysaye: Sonata No. 4 in E minor, Op. 27
Tessa Lark, violin
Hamilton College, Performing Arts Series, Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts, Clinton, NY
Tessa Lark: Ysaye Shuffle
Tessa Lark, violin
Hamilton College, Performing Arts Series, Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts, Clinton, NY
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