Jazz legend Dave Brubeck was born a century ago, and his legacy lives on. His son, Chris Brubeck, is also a renowned musician and composer. On today's show, hear the world premiere performance of the Time Out Suite, an orchestral work that Chris Brubeck arranged in celebration of his father's centennial.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Chris Brubeck: Praeludium Und Fuge C Major, No. 1 BWV 846
Chris Brubeck, piano; Bill Crofut, banjo; Joel Brown, guitar
Unsquare Dance
Albany Records 050
Fanny Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello in D minor, Op. 11
Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Angelo Xiang Yu, violin; Jakob Koranyi, cello
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church Bridgehampton, NY
Piano Puzzler: Contestant is Nathan Stodola from Brooklyn, NY
Chris Brubeck: The Time Out Suite (world premiere)
Stockton Symphony; Peter Jaffe, conductor
Stockton Symphony Association, Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
Hour 2
Astor Piazzolla: Fuga e Misterio
Imani Winds
Imani Winds
eOne Music International Classics NA
William Walton: Viola Concerto
Nils Monkemeyer, viola; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Markus Poschner, conductor
LAC Arte e Cultura Lugano, Switzerland
Valerie Coleman: A Right to Be
Julietta Curenton, flute; Mark Dover, clarinet; Monica Ellis, bassoon; J.P. Redmond, piano
Chamber Music Northwest, Lincoln Recital Hall, Portland, OR
Jerome Kern: The Way You Look Tonight
Adela Pena and Basia Danilow, violins; Kathryn Lockwood, viola; Peter Sanders, cello
Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival, Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, VT
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