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Kelly Hall-Tompkins

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Kelly Hall-Tompkins trained as a classical violinist. For two decades, her career focused on classical music. Then she spent a year on Broadway as the fiddler in Fiddler on the Roof. The experience re-energized her, and changed her life. Kelly Hall-Tompkins joins us, on the this episode of Performance Today.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Simon & Garfunkel (arr. Anderson & Roe): Mrs. Robinson
Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
Mother: A Musical Tribute
SWR 19058

Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata for Flute, Violin, and Piano, H. 254
Marya Martin, flute; Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Orion Weiss, piano
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY

Astor Piazzolla, (arr. Anderson & Roe): Primavera Portena
Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
Minnesota Beethoven Festival, Page Theatre, Saint Mary's University, Winona, MN

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201
Daniel Hope, violin; Samuel Nemec, oboe; Xiaodi Liu, oboe; Brice Andrus, horn; Susan Welty, horn; Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor
Savannah Music Festival, Yamacraw Center for the Performing Arts, Savannah, GA

Hour 2

Jerry Bock (arr. Ted Sperling and Oran Eldor, developed with Kelly Hall-Tompkins): Wedding Dance
Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin; Stephen Benson, guitar; Joshua Camp, accordion; Michael Blanco, bass
The Fiddler Expanding Tradition
Broadway Records 09217

Eugene Ysaye: Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin in E Major, Op. 27 No. 6
Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin
Imagination
Classical Impressions 888295039178

Jerry Bock (arr. Oran Eldor, developed with Kelly Hall-Tompkins): Fiddler Rhapsody and Scherzo, from Fiddler on the Roof
Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin; Stephen Benson, mandolin; Jim Hershorn, guitar; Joshua Camp, accordion; Michael Blanco, bass
The Fiddler Expanding Tradition
Broadway Recordings 09217

Jerry Bock (arr. Oran Eldor, developed with Kelly Hall-Tompkins): Sunrise, Sunset, from Fiddler on the Roof
Danny Burstein, vocals; Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin; Stephen Benson, guitar; Joshua Camp, accordion; Michael Blanco, bass
The Fiddler Expanding Tradition
Broadway Records 09217

Jerry Bock (arr. Ted Sperling and Oran Eldor, developed with Kelly Hall-Tompkins): Chavaleh, from Fiddler on the Roof
Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin; Stephen Benson, guitar; Joshua Camp, accordion; Michael Blanco, bass
The Fiddler Expanding Tradition
Broadway Records 09217

Jerry Bock (arr. Kelly Hall-Tompkins): If I Were a Rich Man, from Fiddler on the Roof
Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin
The Fiddler Expanding Tradition
Broadway Recordgs 09217

Steve Sandberg: Thank You (excerpt)
Jesse Blumberg, baritone; Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin 1; Ling Ling Huang, violin 2; Andrew Gonzalez, viola; Peter Seidenberg, cello
Music Kitchen (private recording)

Josef Suk: Liebeslied, Op. 7
Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin; Craig Ketter, piano
In My Own Voice
MSR Classics 1278

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