Violinist Maria Dueñas is a university student, but she already has a global following and is selling out concert halls worldwide. Gustavo Dudamel says: "She has the magic... an artistic soul. She is fire." We’ll hear Maria Dueñas play a concerto by Max Bruch on today’s show.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Max Bruch: Eight Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano, Op. 83, Movement 7: Moderato
Philon Trio
Album: Max Bruch: 8 Pieces Op. 83
Analekta 28923
Maddalena Laura Sirmen: String Quartet No. 6 in E major, Op. 3
Scott St. John, violin | Eva Burmeister, violin | Sharon Wei, viola | Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello
ROCO, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No 10 for Winds in B-flat Major "Gran Partita", Movement 2: Menuetto
Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra
Lakes Area Music Festival, Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts, Brainerd, MN
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Maria Dueñas, violin | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | Elim Chan, conductor
EBU, Konzerthaus, Berlin, Germany
Hour 2
Lera Auerbach: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 28 Movement 3: Presto
Trio Zimbalist
Album: Piano Trios of Weinberg, Auerbach, and Dvorak
Curtis Studio
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73, "Emperor" Mvts. 2-3
Yunchan Lim, piano | Verbier Festival Orchestra | Sir Antonio Pappano, conductor
EBU, Verbier Festival, Combins Hall, Verbier, Val de Bagnes, Switzerland
Lera Auerbach: T'filah
Liv Migdal, violin
EBU, Kurt Weill Festival, Dessau, St. John's Church, Dessau, Germany
Adolf Busch: Quintet for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet, Op. 34
Timothy McAllister, alto saxophone | Dover Quartet
Chamber Music Northwest, Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, Portland, OR
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