U of U Piano Students: Kate Poulton, Sasha Bainson, Candace Winterton

University of Utah piano Students - Kate Poulton, Sasha Bainson, Candace Winterton

Repertoire:
DEBUSSY Suite Pour le Piano (Mvts. 1, 3); COLERIDGE 24 Negro Melodies (No. 22, 23); RAVEL Sonatine pour le piano 

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Anton Nel Performs Piano Classics

Pianist Anton Nels performs piano classics.

Repertoire:

HANDEL Air and Variations from Suite No. 5; DEBUSSY Suite Bergamasque; SCHUMANN Faschingsschwank aus Wien; BEETHOVEN Sonata in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"

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The Lee Trio

 Lisa Lee (violin), Angela Lee (cello), Melinda Lee Masur (piano)

Repertoire:
HAYDN Piano Trio in C Major Mvt. 1,3; SCHUMANN Piano Trio in F Major Mvt. 2; PULKKIS Fern Flowers Mvt. 1; MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio in D Minor Mvt. 3

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Diane Reich, Robert Brandt, and Scott Holden - Comedy Tonight!

Soprano Diane Reich, baritone Robert Brandt, and pianist Scott Holden share an hour's worth of classical humor.

Repertoire:

LAITMAN I'm Nobody; BOLCOM Amor; MOLLICONE Mrs. Noah's Aria; SATIE Embryons Desseches; FLANDERS & SWANN The Warthog; The Spider; The Sloth; MOORE I'm Glad I'm Not a Tenor; Content to be Behind Me; LAITMAN Dreaming

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Julian Gargiulo from Moonlight to Mission Impossible

Pianist Julian Gargiulo performs classical greats, and puts a classical spin on "Mission Impossible."

Repertoire:

CHOPIN Etude Op. 10 No. 12; PIAZZOLLA Oblivion Arr. GARGIULO; GARGIULO Puerto Rican Day Parade, Lullaby, Mission Impossible, Cello Sonata No.1 Mvt. 3, GARDEL Por una Cabeza; BEETHOVEN Sonata Op. 27 No. 2 in C sharp minor “Moonlight Sonata”

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Baritone Robert Brandt Sings German Lieder

Rob Brandt (baritone), Michael Shutze (piano) 

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SCHUMANN Selections from Liederkreis: In der Fremde, Waldesgespräch, Mondnacht, Zwielicht, Frühlingsnacht; Two Ballad settings of poet Heinrich Heine: Belsatzar, Die beiden Grenadiere

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The Gifted Music School - Mendelssohn to Michael Jackson

From the Gifted Music School in Salt Lake City, Eugene Watanabe (director), Megan Mason (Assistant Conductor), Shenae Anderson, Alden Durham, Rebecca Epperson, Chase Ferry, Kaylee Romrell, Ethan Sherman, Camille Stanley, Will Yavornitzky, Bree Fotheringham, Kana Yoshigi

Repertoire:
MENDELSSOHN Octet E-flat major, Op. 20, Mvts 1, 4; BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 2 for Piano and Violin in A major; LIGETI Etude No. 13 L’escalier du diable; JACKSON Smooth Criminal

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Music by Marden Pond - Kokopelli Sketches

Music by Utah composer Marden Pond with the Clarion Festival Orchestra and featuring Daron Bradford, various Native American flutes.

Repertoire:
To Hallowed Ground (4 movements), Kokopelli Sketches

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Dustin Gledhill and Lucas Pullin with A Taste of Brazil

Classical duo Dustin Gledhill and Lucas Pullin are in Utah to perform a special musical program that they recently played at a sold-out show in New Orleans. Sponsored by the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans, "Taste of Brazil" is a multi-medium repertoire that explores the mixed rhythms and movements that make up the core of Brazilian musical classics. Featuring food, dancing, and plenty of music, the pair is taking the show next to New York, and then on to Brazil itself!

Dustin and Lucas are both multi-instrumentalists and graduates of the Julliard performance conservatory in New York City.

Dustin Gledhill: Piano and vocals

Lucas Pullin: Classical Guitar

Songs featured: Prelude No. 1 in E minor - Heitor Villa-Lobos, Nocturne No. 1 in E-flat minor - Gabriel Fauré, "Lua Branca" - Chinquinha Gonzaga; "Sons de Carrilhoes" - Joao Pernambuco, Corcovado - Antonio Carlos Jobim, "Her Elegy" Part 1 - Dustin Gledhill;

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NEXT Ensemble with Music for Strings

An ensemble designed expressly to bring people together, the NEXT Ensemble out of Salt Lake City, Utah is a rotating group of musicians that pushes the boundaries of what it means to play classical music. Featuring a blend of time periods and styles, each with unique expression, tonight in-studio the ensemble features a traditional string quartet along with a clarinet and an upright bass.

Repertoire:
MOZART Clarinet Quintet 1st Mvt; GLASS String Quartet Company; BARTOK String Quartet No. 4; MOZART Clarinet Quintet 4th Mvt

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French Clarinet with Samuel Noyce

Clarinetist Sam Noyce and pianist Larry Gee feature music for clarinet by French composers, as well as a bit of Paris-inspired Gershwin.

Repertoire:
SAINT-SAENS Sonata for Clarinet Mvt. 1; JEANJEAN Andantino from Deux pieces pour clarinette et piano; MESSAGER Solo de Concours; MANGANI Blues from An American in Paris

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Salt Lake Vocal Artists with Brady Allred

Dr. Brady Allred directs the 40+ voice choir Salt Lake Vocal Artists, in a selection of pieces they'll be performing in Barcelona as part of a world choral singing symposium--one of just a few choirs invited.

Repertoire:

WILBERG Light Dawns on a Weary World; CONTE The Waking; DICKAU A Song of Joys; NESTOR Peace Prayer of Saint Francis; FINZI My Spirit Sang All Day; LOUNSBROUGH Invocation; STOPFORD The Beatitudes; DAVISON Ritmo; RUNESTAD The Peace of Wild Things; JOHNSON I Love You/What a Wonderful World

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Alex and Aubrey Woods, violin

Alex is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and Yale University with a master’s degree in violin performance. He is also a professor of violin at Brigham Young University. Aubrey graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Violin Performance and has commissioned and recorded music for violin and piano on Tantara records. She is currently the Concert Master for the Ballet West orchestra.

Host: Steven Kapp Perry

Repertoire: PROKOFIEV Sonata for two violins (Mvts. 1 & 2); PHELPS, WILLIAMS arr. WOODS If You Could Hie to Kolob; ASPLUND One Eternal Round

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Low, Lower, Lowest with Bassoon, Bass, and Tuba

Low, Lower, Lowest

Salty Cricket Composers Collective: Leon Chodos (bassoon), Edward Merritt (bass), Matthew Lindhal (tuba)

Repertoire:
WOOD Profundo; POND De Profundis Mvt. 1-3; MEGARGEL Subterranean Richochet

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Richard Elliot Performs Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor

Tabernacle Organist Richard Elliott performs Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor. Recorded in Libby Gardner Concert Hall in Salt Lake City.

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Donna Fairbanks and Hilary Demske, music by Janacek

Dr. Donna Fairbanks (violin) and Dr. Hilary Demske (piano) perform music by Leos Janacek from their recent performances in Europe, including in Brno, Janacek's hometown.

Repertoire:
JANACEK Violin Sontata no. 1 and Dumka

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Danielle Messina & Kathleen Finlinson, piano

Danielle Messina and Kathleen Finlinson, pianists playing selections from Liszt.

Repertoire: LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody no. 6; Hungarian Rhapsody no. 16;

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The Portland Cello Project

The Portland Cello Project is a group of players with very diverse backgrounds, and with a constantly-changing lineup of artists and musicians those backgrounds always different, but the one thing they all have in common is this: They play the cello! 

Led by Douglas Jenkins, the Portland Cello Project brings the cello to places it wouldn't normally be heard. From Prairie Home Companion to  to touring with heavy metalist Buckethead to sports bars in Texas to punk clubs in Boston to haltime shows in Portland, you name it they've done it. They also play music you wouldn't normally hear on the instrument from Beethoven to Adele to Kanye West and Pantera. 

Today they share a number of classical and modern selections, all cello and all fantastic. 

Performers: 

Skip Vonkuske 

Kevin Jackson 

Diane Chaplin 

Sage Coy 

Julian Kosanovick 

with Artistic Director Douglas Jenkins 

Repertoire: Southern Belle, Tomorrow Tomorrow, Between the Bars - Elliott Smith; Sarabande - Johann Sebastian Bach; 

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High School Chamber Choir Competition Winners

Classical 89 Choir Competition Winner: Syracuse High School with conductor Nathan Egan.

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William Hagen, Violin, The Devil's Trill

Twenty-three-year-old violinist William Hagen is the third prize winner of the 2015 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition (the highest ranking American since 1980). 

Tonight in-between violin selections (all performed from memory!) he visits with host Steven Kapp Perry about everything from baseball, trills, and National Geographic photography!

Accompanied by Jed Moss.

Repertoire: Sonata K. 301 in G major - Mozart; Sicilienne - Maria Theresa von Paradis; Devil's Trill Sonata - Giuseppe Tartini arr. Fritz Kreisler; 

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Sinfonia Salt Lake

Sinfonia Salt Lake with music from Mozart and "The Black Mozart," Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-George. Featuring soprano Melissa Heath.

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The Magic Flute UVU Opera Workshop

Mozart's two-act opera, "The Magic Flute" is world-renowned and loved. UVU's Opera Workshop, directed by Isaac Hurtado, performs solo and chorus selections from their production, set in 80's New York instead of the 18th century!

Tien Hsieh, piano transcriptions

Pianist Tien Hsieh shares favorite piano transcriptions and talks about being the classical pianist on a cruise ship!

Rhonda Rider, cellist

Rhonda rider is a musician just as comfortable in a concert hall in front of thousands as she is in the great outdoors. Artist-in-Residence at both Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest National Parks, her cello recordings have been nominated for Grammy awards and cited as Critic's Choice in both the New York Times and the Boston Globe. She currently serves as the Chair of Strings and on cello faculty for the Boston Conservatory at Berkelee and Boston University.

Norman Kreiger, pianist

A native of Los Angeles, Norman Krieger is one of the most acclaimed pianists of his generation and is highly regarded as an artist of depth, sensitivity and virtuosic flair. In fall 2016 he joined the faculty of the distinguished Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Currently in town as a special guest of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, Mr. Krieger is known for his master classes, storytelling, and remarkable skill as a musician.