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April 24, 2012
Composer Chen Yi
Chen Yi was a classical musician in China at the worst possible time, during the Cultural Revolution, when all Western art was banned. Chinese authorities searched her home, and took away all her family's classical recordings. Chen Yi herself was sent off to a labor camp. She held onto her music in her heart and her memory until the political climate changed. Chen Yi is now a successful composer living in the West. We'll hear one of her works, from a concert in St. Paul.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 119
Joyce Yang, piano
Frederic Chopin Society, St. Paul
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Sergei Prokofiev
Sinfonietta, Op. 5 (Op. 48)
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hans Graf, conductor
Ordway Center, St. Paul
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Niccolo Paganini
Excerpts from 24 Caprices, Op. 1
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Rockefeller University, New York City
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Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 6
The New Century Chamber Orchestra, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin and director
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
hour 2
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George Frideric Handel
Passacaille, from Radamisto
The Academy for Ancient Music, Berlin
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Mozart Camargo Guarnieri
Three Dances for Orchestra
The Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, Alondra de la Parra, conductor
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Sonata Pian'e Forte
New England Conservatory Student Ensemble, Charles Peltz, conductor
Jordan Hall, Boston
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D for Two Oboes, Two Violins, and Bassoon, RV 564a
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rachel Podger, director and violin
International Chamber Orchestra Festival, Minneapolis
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Chen Yi
Shuo (Initiate) for String Orchestra
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Paul Goodwin, conductor
Saint Paul's United Church of Christ, St. Paul
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George Frideric Handel
Passacaglia in G Minor, from Keyboard Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432
Yang Wei, pipa, Daxun Zhang, bass
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
