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December 4, 2009
Turtle Island's 'Tree of Life'
Every Friday, PT features 21st century music. Today, the Turtle Island Quartet joins Fred in the studio to play a new piece called "Tree of Life," by Turtle Island violinist David Balakrishnan. Members of the quartet demonstrate their unusual string techniques (the chop, the shuffle bow, the bow slap, walking bass on the cello, etc.), and play Balakrishnan's exuberant new piece, which draws on a wide range of styles: classical, bluegrass, swing, Indian classical, and more.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Joseph Haydn
Finale from Symphony No. 102 in B-flat, Hob. I:102
The London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Eugen Jochum
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Adam Craig
"So Merry as We Have Been"
Fiddler Bonnie Rideout and friends
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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John Field
Rondo from Piano Sonata in E-flat, Op. 1, No. 1
Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout
International Chopin Festival, Warsaw, Poland
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Percy Grainger
"Irish Tune from County Derry"
The Dallas Wind Symphony and the United States Army Field Band with conductor Jerry Junkin
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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Herbert Howells
"A Spotless Rose" and "Sing Lullaby"
The BBC Singers with conductor Andrew Carwood
Lancing College, Lancing, England
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Anton Bruckner
Finale from Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
The London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin
Royal Festival Hall, London, England
hour 2
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Claude Debussy
"Reverie"
The Turtle Island Quartet
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude for Piano in B Minor, BWV 855a
Pianist Anna Polonsky
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival, Seattle
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Turtle Island Quartet Perfchat
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David Balakrishnan
"Tree of Life"
The Turtle Island Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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York Holler
"Fireworks" from "Spharen"
The West German Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Semyon Bychkov
