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July 28, 2009

Music by 18 year-old Paula Gil

Last year, high school student Paula Gil took part in the annual "Young Composers Project" in Toronto. And the Gryphon Trio liked her piece so much, they played it at one of their regular chamber concerts. We'll hear young Paula Gil's "Gryphon March."

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Franz Schubert
    Marche Militaire in D maj. Op.51, No.1, D733, No.1
    Philharmonia Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, cond.
  • Skene MS
    Adew Dundee
    Anon. fiddle variations Panmure MS: Kathren Oggie
    The Baltimore Consort Live in Concert
  • Franz Schubert
    Symphony No. 9 in C major D.944, The Great: Movements III (Scherzo: Allegro vivace) and IV(Finale: Allegro Vivace)
    Philharmonia Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras, cond.
    Recorded live at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
  • Franz Liszt
    Concert Paraphrase on Valse, from Gounod's Faust
  • Federico Mompou
    CanciÏŒn VI (encore)
    Francesco Libetta, piano
    Recorded live in concert at Lincoln Theater, Miami Beach, FL

hour 2

  • Johannes Brahms
    Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5: III. Scherzo
    Stephen Hough, piano
  • Henry Purcell
    Hornpipe from The Indian Queen
    Bourbon Baroque; John Austin Clark & Nicolas Fortin, artistic directors
    St. Joseph Catholic Church, Louisville, KY
  • Jean Hotteterre
    Les Delices ou Le Fargis
    Ensemble 1700; Dorothee Oberlinger, director; Francois Lazarevitch, recorder, musette; Vittorio Ghielmi, viola da gamba; Monica Waisman, violin; Andre Henrich, theorbo, baroque guitar; Alexander Puliaev, harpsichord
    Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne, Germany
  • Biber
    Battalia (Battle) for Strings and Continuo
    Ian Swensen, violin; Yoon Kwon, violin; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Kim, viola; Lily Francis, violin; Erin Keefe, violin/viola; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Daxun Zhang, bass; Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord/organ; Paul O'Dette, lute
    Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York, NY
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Piano Concerto No 3 in E-flat Major
    Stephen Hough, piano; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
    Royal Albert Hall, London
  • Paula Gil
    Gryphon March
    Gryphon Trio: Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin; Roman Borys, cello; Jamie Parker, piano
    Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto
  • John Ireland
    Cavatina (encore): Bagatelle and Cavatina for Violin and Piano: Cavatina
    Ani Kavafian, violin; Amy Yang, piano
    St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Bartlesville, OK
  • Alexander Borodin
    from String Quartet No. 2: III. Notturno
    St. Petersburg String Quartet
    On an old coffee barge, Fulton Ferry Landing near the Brooklyn Bridge, New York, NY

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