For the extended holiday weekend, Introductions looks back at some of the most notable performances of American music from the past year’s episodes.
American Composer Highlights
Playlist
Florence Price arr. Elaine Fine: Adoration
Esme Arias-Kim, violin; Milana Pavchinskaya, piano
First broadcast June 1, 2024
Gary Schocker: The Further Adventures of Two Flutes
I. Jungle Charleston
Anna Huelke & Destina Sarussi, flutes; Kay Kim, piano
First broadcast March 16, 2024
Daniel Bernard Roumain: FILTER
Tristan Zhu, violin
First broadcast February 3, 2024
William Grant Still: Summerland
Kené Obiaya, piano
First broadcast March 23, 2024
Gene Koshinski: Caleidoscopio
Aleo Esparza, marimba
First broadcast August 26, 2023
Marc Mellits: Tapas
Trio Fiammifero: Javier Irizarry, violin; Callia Murray, viola; Cecilia O’Malley, cello
First broadcast December 2, 2023
Augusta Read Thomas: Amalgam
Zarin Mehta, piano
First broadcast March 30, 2024
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Lamentation:
II. Song Form
Jeffery Tong, cello
First broadcast April 27, 2024
Gabriela Lena Frank: Cuentos errantes:
III. Serenata serrana
Zachary Guo, piano; CYSO Symphony Orchestra Strings; Allen Tinkham, conductor
First broadcast August 26. 2023
Robert Muczynski: Desperate Measures (Paganini Variations), Op. 48
Samuel Kim, piano
First broadcast September 9, 2023
