Dante's Divine Comedy takes us through hell, purgatory, and paradise. Composer Richard Danielpour says he sees a metaphor for the recent pandemic in that, and he wrote a new symphony reflecting on those themes. The ensemble ROCO plays Danielpour's Triptych on this weekend's episode of Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Felix Mendelssohn: Octet: Scherzo
Seattle Chamber Music Society: James Ehnes, Erin Keefe, Andrew Wan, Augustin Hadelich, violins | Cynthia Phelps, Richard O'Neill, violas | Robert deMaine, Edward Arron, cellos
Album: Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet
Onyx 4060
Paul Juon: Five Pieces for String Orchestra, Op. 16, Mvts. 4-5
Swiss Orchestra | Lena-Lisa Wustendorfer, conductor
EBU, Andermatt Concert Hall, Andermatt, Switzerland
Piano Puzzler
Contestant: Austin Hooper calling from Waco, Texas
Zoltan Kodaly: Duo for Violin and Cello Op. 7
Tai Murray, violin | Efe Baltacigil, cello
Seattle Chamber Music Society, The Center for Chamber Music, Seattle, WA
Hour 2
Giovanni Battista Buonamente: Sonate et canzoni, Book 6, No. 22, Sonata a 6
Capricornus Ensemble Stuttgart
Album: Music for San Marco (Live)
K&K 138
Damien Geter: I Said What I Said, for woodwind quintet
Imani Winds
Chamber Music Northwest, Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland, OR
Giovanni Battista Buonamente: Sonata for 3 Violins
Chloe Fedor, violin | Karen Dekker, violin | Ravenna Lipchik, violin | Cullen O'Niel, cello | Elliot Figg, harpsichord | Brandon Acker, theorbo
Lakes Area Music Festival, Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts, Brainerd, MN
Richard Danielpour: Triptych
ROCO | Johannes Debus, Delyana Lazarova, JoAnn Falletta, conductors
ROCO, The Church of St. John the Divine and Brockman Hall for Opera at Rice University, Houston, TX
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