In 2008, composer Peteris Vasks wrote a new piece, a fantasy for violin and strings. In the program notes, he wrote: "It is about the greatest power in the whole world—love. Love is, was, and will be as long as we will be... I hope this work will reach the listeners and make the world a little brighter and more open to love." We'll hear Vox Amoris (Voice of Love) by Peteris Vasks on today's show.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Marin Marais: Pieces de viole, Book 4, Suite No. 7: Le badinage
Geneva Camerata | David Greilsammer, conductor
Album: Sounds of Transformation
Sony Classical 19075812392
Cecile Chaminade: Callirhoe Suite d'orchestre, Op. 37: Movement 2 Pas du voile
Orchestre National de France | Cristian Macelaru, conductor
EBU, Auditorium, Radio France, Broadcasting House, Paris, France
Peteris Vasks: Fantasy for Violin and Strings, Vox amoris (Voice of Love)
Nina Tso-Ning Fan, violin | Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Saint Paul, MN
Ferde Grofe: Mississippi Suite
RAI National Symphony Orchestra | David Greilsammer, conductor
EBU, Arturo Toscanini RAI Auditorium, Turin, Italy
Hour 2
Karim Al-Zand: Visions from Another World, Mvt 3: The Spinning Ballerina
ROCO | Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Album: Visions Take Flight
Innova 1016
Reena Esmail: Teen Murti
ROCO | Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
ROCO, Denney Theater, Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX
Camille Saint-Saens: Fantaisie for violin & harp, Op. 124
Guillaume Sutre, violin | Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp
Round Top Music Festival, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 1
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano | Yura Lee, violin | Jacques Forestier, violin, Teng Li, viola | Julie Albers, cello
ChamberFest Cleveland, Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, OH
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