Major and Minor / Show 459
About
We explore repertoire from major and minor keys, highlighting how young artists express the character and nuance that each represent.
We hear a teen cellist perform a bright and sunny work with ties to both the Baroque and Romantic eras, a young violinist brings a dark and stormy Beethoven Sonata, and a 17-year-old pianist performs a major fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier.
We meet a 16-year-old composer from Chicago who is mentored by composer Jessie Montgomery and is also passionate about architecture. We hear a soprano perform a love song by Debussy. Finally, we meet a teen cellist who performs Shostakovich’s dynamic Cello Sonata in D Minor.
Guests
- Host: Peter Dugan
Peter Dugan's position is sponsored by Susan and Gerald Slavet.
Performers & Repertoire
- Sonata in D Major, III. Minuetto by Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764)
- Sonata for Piano and Violin, No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23, III. Allegro Molto by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
- Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Magnitude by Malik Muhammad (b. 2008) performed by Civic Orchestra of Chicago Ensemble
Thank you to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Young Composers Initiative, the Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago for this recording.
- Ariettes Oubliées L. 60, No 5: Aquarelles, I. Green by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
- Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40, II. Allegro by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
- Flashback Finale
The Chicago Children’s Choir and the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Encore Chamber Orchestra, recorded in 2005Simple Gifts and Zion’s Walls from “Old American Songs” by Aaron Copland
Release Date
- Monday, February 17, 2025
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