This Saturday, we profile two medalists in the 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. This year, the competition pivoted to a virtual format due to the coronavirus pandemic, and ensembles were judged on their audition recordings. Of the twelve Chicago-area ensembles in the quarter-finals, two won medals. We hear from those two, as well as The Bone Rangers, winners of the Junior Division Brass Ensemble Prize.
This episode was originally broadcast on May 16, 2020.
Canzona for four trombones, by Biagio Marini
The Bone Rangers:
Owen Riordan, 14, trombone
Jonah Blake, 18, trombone
Christopher Tam, 17, trombone
Rafael Noriega, 17, bass trombone
Three Pieces for four flutes, by Eugène Bozza
Uptime, by Heike Beckmann
Raga Sept – Single, by Derek Charke
Purple Hippopotami:
Katherine Chen, 15, flute
Natalia Kozintseva, 17, flute
Emma Krause, 18, flute
Nina Touboul, 17 flute
String Quartet in D, Op. 71/2, by Franz Joseph Haydn
I. Adagio – Allegro
String Quartet in e minor, Op. 59/2, by Ludwig van Beethoven
IV. Presto
String Quartet in F, by Maurice Ravel
IV. Vif et agité
Dasani String Quartet:
Isabella Brown, 17, violin
Katya Moeller, 16, violin
Zechary Mo, 18, viola
Brandon Cheng, 17, cello