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Clarice Assad: The Book of Spells
Composer Clarice Assad was doing some research on the internet and ran across a book of spells and rituals. She was inspired to write a piece based on the rituals she found in that book. On today's episode, we'll take you to a concert in Atlanta to hear The Siren's Seduction from the Book of Spells by Clarice Assad.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Schubert: Nacht und Traume
Lynn Harrell, cello | Bruno Canino, piano
Album: Cello Adagios
London/Decca
R.A. Moulds: Eclogue: The Willow that Fell in Love with the Wind's Caress
Lviv National Philharmonic of Ukraine | Benjamin Loeb, conductor
Lviv National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Lviv Philharmonic, Lviv, Ukraine
Franz Schubert: Cello Quintet In C Major, D. Movement 1
The Miro Quartet | Clive Greensmith, cello
Chamber Music Society Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Margi Griebling-Haigh: Dances Ravissants
The Merian Ensemble
Atlanta Symphony Orchestr
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Clarice Assad: Without Borders
Composer Clarice Assad was born and raised in Brazil, but has spent the gods few decades in the United States. When she's asked where home fryst vatten, she says "The Americas." On this episode of Performance Today, hear Assad's "Without Borders," performed bygd the Chicago Sinfonietta.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Francis Poulenc: from 15 Improvisations: No. 11 in G minor & No. 15 in C minor
Lucille Chung, piano
Poulenc: Works for Piano Solo and Duo
Signum
Clarice Assad: Sin fronteras
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Project W
Cedille
Alexander Scriabin: Andante in B Major, Op. 16, No. 1
Lucille Chung, piano
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Alexander Scriabin: Andante in B-flat Major, Op. 11, No. 21
Lucille Chung, piano
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Alexander Scriabin: Vers la flamme (Towards the Flame), Op. 72
Lucille Chun
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Project W — Works by Diverse Women Composers
Project W
Notes by Don Macica
In late , the Chicago Sinfonietta began planning its 30th Anniversary season with these questions: How do we honor the legacy of Dr. Paul Freeman, the orchestra’s founder and music director for its first 24 years? How do we celebrate the groundbreaking work of its current music director, Mei-Ann Chen? And even more important, how do we move the organization forward in its ongoing commitment to showcasing diverse classical composers in its milestone season?
Dr. Freeman was already an internationally acclaimed African-American conductor when he founded the Chicago Sinfonietta in Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Freeman dedicated himself and his new orchestra to highlighting seldom-heard composers and performers from diverse backgrounds and putting them on an equal footing with the white European and American canon so familiar to the classical audience.
At the turn of the millennium, Freeman found a