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This weekend's Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concerts feature violinist Karen Gomyo playing Chausson's Poeme for Violin and Orchestra, as well as the US Premiere of the Violin Concerto by Samy Moussa. Karen spoke to WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham about the pieces.
Everyone's timeline is different but if you're lucky enough to identify what you're uniquely good at, it's imperative that you pursue it. This week we got to watch world renowned violinist Karen Gomyo perform at the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and after seeing our dads old documentary the next day we noticed a parallel in their very different paths.They're passions started as internal feelings that couldn't be explained, but their calling was formed over time by external validation and unwavering pursuit despite overwhelming difficulty. This week's 5 Minute Pick Me Up explores the idea of passions and how to know if your passion is actually a calling. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What possibilities emerge when we begin to question the tacitly accepted — and easily overlooked — limits that govern who we can be and what we can do? Composer Samuel Adams, rock climber/BASE jumper Steph Davis, and arts leader Ed Yim all push past traditional limitations in their everyday lives by writing music that reaches new emotional depths, scaling cliffs and flying off of them, or making a platform for artists to create without compromise. Each of them offers a unique and insightful perspective on this question in the debut episode of Imagination Radio. Music in this episode: — Dylan Mattingly: from Stranger Love (2018) — Contemporaneous — Samuel Adams: Tension Study no. 2 (2010) — Living Earth Show — Judd Greenstein: Change (2009) — NOW Ensemble — David Moore: Broad Channel (2015) — Bing & Ruth — Samuel Adams: from Chamber Concerto: Prelude (One by One) (2017) — Karen Gomyo, violin — Samuel Adams: Shade Study (2014) — Sarah Cahill, piano — Samuel Adams: Drift & Providence (2012) — National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic & James Ross, conductor; Samuel Adams, electronics — John Lewis: Silver (1964) — John Lewis, piano; Orchestra U.S.A.; Gunther Schuller & Harold Farberman, conductors — Dan Trueman: Silicon / Carbon (2008) — Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk); American Composers Orchestra & Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor — Ólafur Arnalds: Hands, Be Still (2013) — Philip Glass: from Symphony No. 4 (1996): I. Heroes — American Composers Orchestra & Dennis Russell Davies, conductor — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: from String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11 (1871): II. Andante cantabile — New York Philharmonic & Leonard Bernstein, conductor — Julia Wolfe: from Fuel (2007): Part II — Ensemble Resonanz & Brad Lubman, conductor — Hector Berlioz: from Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (1830): V. Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat — Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique & John Eliot Gardiner, conductor — Gustav Mahler: from Symphony No. 8 in E-flat, Symphony of a Thousand (1906): Accende lumen sensibus — Schola Cantorum of New York, Juilliard Chorus, Columbus Boychoir; New York Philharmonic & Leonard Bernstein, conductor — James Horner: from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) — Ludwig van Beethoven: from String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 74 (1809): I. Poco adagio; Allegro — Artemis Quartet — Samuel Adams: Quartet Movement (2016) — Spektral Quartet — Meredith Monk & Mieke van Hoek: Vow (2011) — Katie Geissinger, voice — Steve Reich: Proverb (1995) — Theatre of Voices; Steve Reich Ensemble & Paul Hillier — Dylan Mattingly: from Atlas of Somewhere (on the Way to Howland Island) (2011): II. Islanded in a Stream of Stars — Contemporaneous — Morton Feldman: String Quartet No. 2 (1983) — FLUX Quartet — Anthony Motto: Live at GGBY in Moab (2017) With gratitude and admiration, this episode is dedicated to the memory of composer, conductor, pedagogue, and family man Harold Farberman (1929-2018).
Canadian violinist Karen Gomyo talks about her priceless Stradivarius violin and choosing a cadenza. Plus, TSO Assistant Concertmaster Marc-André Savoie talks about his role in the Orchestra.
- direkte fra Nordby Kirke. Anton Arenskij: Kvartet for violin, bratsch og to celloer. Schubert: Strygekvintet,C-dur. Karen Gomyo og Tue Lautrup, violin. Magda Stevenson, bratsch. Henrik Dam Thomsen, cello. Joel Laakso, cello. Vært: Peter Filtenborg.
Violinist Karen Gomyo with accompanist Dina Vainshtein visited the WDAV John Clark Performance Studio for a live performance and to chat with host Rachel Stewart. Ms. Gomyo is the feature soloist in the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra's performance of Tchaikovsky's Pathetique , part of the CSO's Classics Series.