Maddalena Lombardini had a great career as a violinist and composer in the 18th century. She was the soloist at the 1771 premiere of her own Violin Concerto in London. On today’s show, we'll hear Lombardini’s Violin Concerto from a recent concert at the Kurt Weill Festival in Germany.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Aaron Copland: Prelude for Piano Trio
Michael Boriskin, piano | Nicholas Kitchen, violin | Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Album: Music From Copland House
Arabesque 6794
Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3 Movements 1-2
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Christian Macelaru, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Maddalena Laura Sirmen: Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 3/3
Liv Migdal, violin | German Chamber Orchestra | Gabriel Adorjan, conductor
Kurt Weill Festival, Dessau, St. John's Church, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Jose Oliver Riojas: Veracruz!
The Zelos Quartet
Friends of Music Concert, Stamford United Methodist Church, Stamford, NY
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155: III. Scherzo (Furiant). Molto vivace
Wu Han, piano | Arnaud Sussmann, violin | Yeri Roh, violin | Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, viola | Sterling Elliott, cello
Album: Music@Menlo Live, Gather, Vol. 2
Music@Menlo
Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande | Roderick Cox, conductor
Victory Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40 Movement 4
Sterling Elliott, cello | Wynona Wang, piano
Tippet Rise Art Center, The Olivier Music Barn, Fishtail, MT
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 10 No. 2
Jonathan Biss, piano
Album: Jonathan Biss: Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 4
Onyx tbd
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15, Op. 13 Movement 3
Jonathan Biss, piano
Album: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30
EMI 94422
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