Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg wanted to create sounds that hover in his Viola Concerto, and it seems he succeeded — as we hear in one of the showcased works on this episode of Extra Eclectic. Host Steve Seel also presents Lignum by Latvian composer Jekabs Jancevskis, a violin concerto of sorts (which also features the mesmerizing sound of three traditional Latvian folk flutes), as well as Bryce Dessner’s Concerto for Two Pianos, featuring pianist sisters Katia and Marielle Labeque.
Playlist
Pol
Johann Johannsson
Echo Collective
DG 4837218
Baltic Sketches
Stephen Scott
The Bowed Piano Ensemble
Navona 5937
Viola Concerto
Magnus Lindberg
Nicholas Collon, conductor
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence Power, viola
Ondine 1436
Cerulean: Lullaby
David Biedenbender
Donald Sinta Quartet
Bright Shiny Things 133
Ave Maria
Alfred Momotenko
Sigvards Klava, conductor
Latvian Radio Choir
Ondine 1413
Lignum
Jekabs Jancevskis
Kremerata Baltica
Alina Vizine, Zane Kalnina, Rakele Chijenaite, svilpaunieki
ECM 2745
Cloud
yMusic
yMusic
StorySound 161050
Concerto for Two Pianos
Bryce Dessner
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Paris Orchestra
Katia Labeque, piano
DG 4818074
Closing
Philip Glass
Katia Labeque, piano
DG 4876947
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