It’s a graduation special for Labor Day Weekend: we mark 18-year-olds who are now our alumni, having performed on Introductions in the past few years. Some are now majoring in music, some are majoring in other subjects, a few are double-majoring, one’s taking a gap year, and one’s enlisted in the military. It’s a great variety of music this week.
Playlist
Edward Elgar: “Pomp and Circumstance” March No. 1 in D, Op. 39, No. 1 (excerpt)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
(Decca 417719)
Nikolai Kapustin: Concert Etude No. 8
Joshua Mhoon, piano
First broadcast May 1, 2021
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008:
III. Courante (excerpt)
Kailie Holliday, cello
First broadcast March 6, 2021
Jacques Ibert: Flute Concerto:
III. Allegro scherzando (excerpt)
Miguel Rodriguez, flute; Beilin Han, piano
First broadcast March 6, 2021
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47:
I. Allegro moderato (excerpt)
Isabel Chen, violin; Milana Pavchinskaya, piano
First broadcast July 31, 2021
Alfredo Piatti: Caprice in A minor
Noah Chen, cello
First broadcast October 3, 2020
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor
Ashley Kim, piano
First broadcast November 16, 2019
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
Eric Bahena Figueroa, bassoon; Beilin Han, piano
First broadcast March 6, 2021
Giovanni Sollima: Lamentatio (excerpt)
Brandon Cheng, cello and voice
First broadcast May 8, 2021
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120:
III. Allegretto grazioso (excerpt)
José Vidal, clarinet; Matthew Hagle, piano
First broadcast November 28, 2020
Emmanuel Séjourné: Marimba Concerto:
II. Tempo souple (excerpt)
Meher Sethi, marimba
First broadcast June 12, 2021
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet, Op. 44, No. 1:
IV. Finale, Presto agitato
Carmen Quartet: Katharine Nelson & Veronica Rokicki, violins; Kimberly LaFranzo, viola; Eytan Raviv, cello
First broadcast July 17, 2021
Traditional German arr. Johann André: “Gaudeamus igitur” (excerpt)
Wernigerode Radio Youth Choir; Friedrich Krell, conductor
(BT-Music 1327570776227)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009:
I. Prelude
Bella Kim, viola
First broadcast March 13, 2021
Henryk Wieniawski: Polonaise brillante in A, Op. 21 (excerpt)
Isabella Brown, violin; Milana Pavchinskaya, piano
First broadcast July 24, 2021
Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38:
I. Allegro non troppo (excerpt)
Xavier Perry, cello; Beilin Han, piano
First broadcast June 12, 2021
Antônio Carlos Jobim: Desafinado (excerpt)
Marco Villela, trumpet; Robbie Ellis, piano
First broadcast August 14, 2021
Henry Purcell: Music for a While (excerpt)
Volodymyr Lymar, countertenor; David Schrader, harpsichord
First broadcast June 26, 2021
Henri Rabaud: Solo de concours
Ethan Montgomery, clarinet; Beilin Han, piano
First broadcast June 12, 2021
Robert Schumann: Träumerei, Op. 15, No. 7
Daniel Mies Nass, piano
First broadcast June 19, 2021
Eugène Bozza: New Orleans
Rafael Noriega, bass trombone; Beilin Han, piano
First broadcast March 6, 2021
Some music is excluded from the podcast version of this episode for copyright reasons.