Composer Michael Abels wrote a piece specifically for brothers Anthony and Demarre McGill. It's cooperative and competitive, as well as delicate and powerful at the same time. On today's show, hear the McGill brothers perform Winged Creatures by Michael Abels.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Danzi: Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat Major, Op. 41, P. 226 Movement 2 Largo
Anthony McGill clarinet | Demarre McGill, flute | Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra | Allen Tinkham, conductor
Album: Winged Creatures
Cedille
Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro, M. 46
Nancy Allen, harp | Jennifer Frautschi, violin | Oliver Neubauer, violin | Nicholas Cords, viola | Fred Sherry, cello | Ransom Wilson, flute | David Shifrin, clarinet
Chamber Music Northwest, Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, Portland, OR
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Eric Crees: Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
WDR Symphony Orchestra Brass Section | Eric Crees, conductor
EBU, Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
Samuel Barber: Mutations from Bach
WDR Symphony Orchestra Brass Section | Eric Crees, conductor
EBU, Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
Michael Abels: Winged Creatures
Anthony McGill, clarinet | Demarre McGill, flute | Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra | Allen Tinkham, conductor
Album: Winged Creatures
Cedille 187
Hour 2
Andre Previn: Tango Song and Dance: Movement 2
Augustin Hadelich, violin | Joyce Yang, piano
Album: Franck - Kurtag - Previn - Schumann: Augustin Hadelich - Joyce Yang
Avie 2347
Augusta Holmes: La Nuit et l'amour
Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra | Christian Reif, conductor
Lakes Area Music Festival, Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts, Brainerd, MN
Camille Saint-Saens: Tarantelle for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano, Op. 6
Mimi Stillman, flute | Ricardo Morales, clarinet | Charles Abramovic, piano
Dolce Suono Ensemble, Trinity Center for Urban Life, Philadelphia, PA
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Augustin Hadelich, violin | Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra | Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Carlos Gardel, arr. Augustin Hadelich: Por Una Cabeza
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
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