Beethoven to Bluegrass | Show 406

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Cellist Ari Webb, 16, joins co-hosts Tessa Lark, violin, and Peter Dugan, piano to perform Claude Debussy’s Piano Trio in G Major, Mvt. 3.

About

This week we hear a mambo for harp, one of Debussy’s earliest works, a Spiritual arranged by composer Margaret Bonds, and a fiddle finale with a 12-year-old national champion.

Guests

• Co-Host: Tessa Lark
  Violinist Tessa Lark is one of the most captivating artistic voices of our time.
• Host: Peter Dugan
  Peter Dugan’s position is sponsored by Susan and Gerald Slavet.

Performers & Repertoire

• Julia Gomez, 16, harp, from Boulder City, NV

  Mambo by Bernard Andres (b.1941)
• Adrian King, 18, piano, from Silverdale, WA

  Troubled Water by Margaret Bonds (1913 - 1972)
• Orlandis Maise, 16, trombone, from Antioch, TN

  Daybreak by Nicola Ferro (b.1974)
• Tessa Lark, violin & Peter Dugan, piano

  Violin Sonata No. 8, Op. 30, Mvmt 3 by Ludvig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
• Ari Webb, 16, cello, from Cincinnati, OH

  Piano Trio in G Major, Mvmt 3 by Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) with Tessa Lark, violin, and Peter Dugan, piano
• Noah Goebel, 12, fiddle, from Elkton, KY with Lily Goebel, 14, guitar

  Sally Goodin (Traditional)
• Noah Goebel, 12, fiddle, from Elkton, KY with Tessa Lark, fiddle
  

  Medley including Red Wing by F.A. Mills and Turkey in the Straw, Traditional
• *Flashback Finale*
  
  Cole Gregory, 17, from Louisville, Kentucky, recorded in 2016

  “Over the Rainbow” by Harold Arlen, arranged for solo marimba by Robert Oetomo

Release Dates

• Monday, November 15, 2021
• Monday, May 23, 2022
• Monday, November 21, 2022
• Monday, October 23, 2023

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