Podcasts about Pacifica Quartet

Merry Christmas!Playlist: Bryce Dessner, Australian String Quartet - AlarmsAnna Clyne, The Knights - Prince of CloudsRoland Martin Roberts, Robert Irvine - Elegy for the Children of WarKate Whitley, 12 Ensemble - Autumn SongsThierry Escaich, Trio Messiaen, Trio Xenakis - VitrailStuart Beatch, Luminous Voices - Girl HoursJames Lee III, Pacifica Quartet, Uniting Voices - Pitch InKevin Puts, Minnesota Opera - Silent Night (Excerpts)Pierre Jodlowski, Trio Xenakis - 24 Loops

Anthony McGill/Pacifica Quartet — American Stories (Cedille) Jump to giveaway form New Classical Tracks - Pacifica Quartet with Anthony McGill by “I don't remember the first time I played or performed the Mozart Clarinet Quintet. There's something about the first journeys into works that are especially memorable for me,” said clarinetist Anthony McGill when talking about how he and the Pacifica Quartet formed powerful memories as they learned and grew into the music featured on their new release, American Stories.  Can you talk about what we hear in James Lee III's Quintet? “I've been thinking a lot about this because of my entire life as a Black musician. Lee's piece interests me, particularly with his discussion about his inspiration from pictures of Native Americans or indigenous peoples, but also a blending of Black Americans who can trace their roots to indigenous populations in America.” Can you talk about the story behind Richard Danielpour's Four Angels? “The thematic material is based on the Black American struggle and civil rights movement, which he has been a champion of through his musical voice for many years. This particular piece, which was dedicated to the four girls who were killed in the Birmingham bombing in 1963, is a dedication to the lives that have been lost for freedom in this country. “Recording it with the Pacifica Quartet worked perfectly. This concept of identity represents Danielpour. He always tells his story. We have individual stories of growing up. He grew up in Florida as a Persian American, but it always started in the civil rights movement. It's about how you can feel the plight of other people and be a part of a movement in that way and then use your voice as a composer or creator to share the voices and the stories of others.” How about Ben Shirley's High Sierra Sonata? Pacifica Quartet violist Mark Holloway: “It starts with this external sound, which is our breathing, waking up and starting the day. To start the recording, we had to breathe. McGill put some air through his instrument, and we were stretching to have a human side to the way the music opens peacefully and calmly. You can imagine the High Sierras. It's evocative music that marches to the beat of its own drum. He doesn't write music the way everyone else does, which is the mark of a very good composer.” McGill: “It's great to be on here with Halloway because we've never performed these pieces before, but we also haven't had long conversations. What Halloway says reminds me of my parents and family's visual art background. It reminds me of music that is similar to a collage. There are different pieces from different parts of one's artist's life within the work.” Watch now To hear the rest of my conversation, click on the extended interview above, or download the extended podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Giveaway Time For Three New Classical Tracks Giveaway You must be 13 or older to submit any information to American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio. The personally identifying information you provide will not be sold, shared, or used for purposes other than to communicate with you about things like our programs, products and services. See Terms of Use and Privacy. This giveaway is subject to the Official Giveaway Rules. Resources Anthony McGill/Pacifica Quartet — American Stories (Cedille store) Anthony McGill/Pacifica Quartet — American Stories (Amazon) Pacifica Quartet (official site)

Grammy-winning guitarist (and Musical America's 2020 Instrumentalist of the Year) Sharon Isbin joins us to preview her new album Souvenirs of Spain and Italy. A collaboration with the Pacifica Quartet, the disc uncovers delightful surprises and recasts old favorites in a new light.

New perks and downloads available on our Patreon page! Consider becoming a patron and supporting the ensemble you love here: https://www.patreon.com/issarainternationalsound Issara Artistic Directors Nichada and Henry sit down for a zoom conversation with violinist Dechopol Kowintaweewat of the Zorá Quartet. They talk about the artistic and personal skills required to be a good quartet musician, what Top has learned from each major phase of his life, what it's like to work with the Pacifica Quartet, and much more! Check out the Zorá Quartet: https://www.zoraquartet.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/Zoraquartet/ IG: Instagram: zora_sq Top's Website: www.dkviolin.com YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/zorastringquartet Check out our website at: https://www.issarainternationalsound.org Contact us at: issara.contact@gmail.com Instagram at: issara_international_sound Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/IssaraInternationalSound Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/issarainternationalsound

On Nov. 12, join Shannon Claire, Genevieve Randall and guests for lively conversations about: “Beyond The Baton” on Nebraska Public Media Television; Lincoln Theatre Alliance's production of Music Theatre International's "All Together Now!;" National Willa Cather Center's "49 Minutes of Fame: An Exhibition of Native Pop Art" and “Hear the Rhythm of the Road, Route 66;" a new gallery opening in Lincoln; the Pacifica Quartet concert in Kearney; and the next concert by Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra. Also, poetry by Fernando Montejano and a preview of a concert in Brownville.

On Nov. 12, join Shannon Claire, Genevieve Randall and guests for lively conversations about: “Beyond The Baton” on Nebraska Public Media Television; Lincoln Theatre Alliance's production of Music Theatre International's "All Together Now!;" National Willa Cather Center's "49 Minutes of Fame: An Exhibition of Native Pop Art" and “Hear the Rhythm of the Road, Route 66;" a new gallery opening in Lincoln; the Pacifica Quartet concert in Kearney; and the next concert by Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra. Also, poetry by Fernando Montejano and a preview of a concert in Brownville.

Episode 46 features composer Deirdre Gribbin on her latest commission ‘Dark Matter Hunting' from the West Cork Chamber Music Festival and her long association with the Bantry-based festival, and artistic director Francis Humphrys on this year's programme and the challenges of putting on an online festival. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson. CMCIreland · amplify #46 - Deirdre Gribbin & West Cork Chamber Music Festival's Francis Humphrys Show notes West Cork Chamber Music Festival Festival progamme Pacifica Quartet concert featuring Deirdre Gribbin world online premiere Citizens of Everywhere concert featuring Finola Merivale ‘The silent sweep as you stand still' Deirdre Gribbin deirdregribbin.com/ CMC composer page Music Visit West Cork Chamber Music's archive for a comprehensive collection of past performances from the festival Deirdre Gribbin - How to Make the Water Sound (Fidelio Trio) Deirdre Gribbin - Amazing Face (Vanbrugh Quartet) Deirdre Gribbin - Devil's Dwealing Place (Nurit Stark) Deirdre Gribbin - Kindersang (Caroline Melzer, Nurit Stark) Deirdre Gribbin - Dark Matter Hunting (Pacifica Quartet) Finola Merivale - The silent sweep as you stand still (Mairéad Hickey, Ella van Poucke) John Kinsella - Prelude and Toccata (Vanbrugh Quartet) Emma O'Halloran - Dying is a Wild Night (Quatuor Zaïde) Seán Doherty - String Quartet No.3 ‘The Devil's Dream' (Vanbrugh Quartet)

Pacifica Quartet — Contemporary Voices (Cedille) Jump to CD giveaway form “I can relate so much to these three pieces after going through this pandemic,” said violist Mark Holloway reflecting on, Contemporary Voices, the most recent release from Pacifica Quartet. “Each one has something quite unique to say.” The recording features three contemporary pieces commissioned by the quartet, which won a Grammy for best Chamber Music Performance. The ensemble is also opening the MN Beethoven Festival on June 27. Can you talk about ‘Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory — String Quartet No.3' by Shulamit Ran and the visual art that inspired it? “There was an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art called ‘Glitter and Zoom German Portraits from the 1920s.' I think this was an inspiration to Ran. The quartet was in residence at the museum, and they wanted music that had a connection to the visual art. “There's a German-Jewish painter named Felix Nussbaum who perished in Auschwitz during the Holocaust. Ran wanted to show in music what a normal life, with its joys and sorrows, and ups and downs might be like. Daily life can be torn apart by cruelty, war and hatred. Nussbaum keep painting in the camps during the war. The struggle to survive, create, express and identify is really powerful.” Can you talk about Jennifer Higdon's work Voices that she dedicated to the quartet after collaborating with them at a summer festival? “It's a real knockout of a piece. It starts off with this relentless, crazy frenzy of energy called ‘Blitz.' It's a real explosion. Higdon was saying that a lot of pieces start out soft and then loud. She wanted to see what it might be like the other way around.” Is it true that the combination of instruments on Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Quintet for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet isn't a combination you hear often? “I too, was unsure what it would sound like. The fact that we're playing with someone else is already something to celebrate. You're joining forces and making music together with a friend. In this case, it's her terrific colleague, Otis Murphy, who's a saxophone professor at Indiana University. You hear the jazziness and different sounds coming from her pen. The piece has a celebratory nature to it, and it just really seems appropriate after all we've been through.” Watch Now To hear the rest of my conversation, click on the extended interview above, or download the extended podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Giveaway Form Resources Pacifica Quartet — Contemporary Voices (Cedille) Pacifica Quartet — Contemporary Voices (Amazon) Pacifica Quartet (Official site) Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (Official site) Jennifer Higdon (Official site) Shulamit Ran (Theodore Presser)

On this episode of Cedille's Classical Chicago podcast, Brandon Vamos of Pacifica Quartet shares insight to their new album that Vamos calls "a culmination of our career." Contemporary Voices features the music of Pultizer Prize-winning composers Shulamit Ran, Jennifer Higdon, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.

Ep. 110: Sharon Isbin, guitarist. Grammy Award winner & founder of the Juilliard Guitar Dept. Let's Talk Off The Podium with Tigran Arakelyan. Acclaimed for her extraordinary lyricism, technique and versatility, multiple Grammy Award winner Sharon Isbin was named the 2020 Musical America Worldwide Instrumentalist of the Year, the first guitarist ever to receive the coveted honor in its 59 year award history. Soloist with over 200 orchestras, Isbin has performed in the world’s finest halls. Winner of the Toronto, Madrid and Munich ARD Competitions, Germany’s Echo Klassik and Guitar Player’s Best Classical Guitarist awards, she performed in Scorsese’s Oscar-winning The Departed, at Ground Zero for the first internationally televised 9/11 memorial, the White House by invitation of President Obama, and as the only classical artist in the 2010 Grammy Awards. The documentary Sharon Isbin: Troubadour, seen by millions on over 200 PBS stations across the U.S. and abroad, won the ASCAP Television Broadcast Award. Recent highlights include a commission for her by Carnegie Hall, a 21-city Guitar Passions tour with jazz greats Stanley Jordan and Romero Lubambo, sold-out concerts at the Kennedy Center, Kimmel Center, and her most recent Carnegie Hall appearances included collaborations with Sting and in recital with Isabel Leonard. Isbin’s catalogue of over 30 albums, from Baroque, Spanish/Latin and 20th Century to crossover and jazz-fusion have sold nearly a million copies and reflect her remarkable versatility. Her two latest releases in May 2020 of world premiere recordings of music composed for her are Affinity featuring Chris Brubeck’s acclaimed concerto for guitar and orchestra, and Strings for Peace, with India’s legendary Amjad Ali Khan in a program of ragas for guitar, sarod and tabla. Her 2019 release with the Pacifica Quartet, Souvenirs of Spain & Italy, debuted at #1 on Amazon and #2 on Billboard, and her Grammy-winning Journey to the New World with guests Joan Baez and Mark O’Connor spent 63 consecutive weeks on top Billboard charts. Isbin’s Dreams of a World earned her a Grammy for Best Instrumental Soloist, making her the first classical guitarist to receive the award in 28 years. Her recording of concerti composed for her by Christopher Rouse and Tan Dun was honored with a Grammy, and her Rodrigo Aranjuez with the New York Philharmonic, their only recording with guitar, received a Latin Grammy nomination. Author of the Classical Guitar Answer Book, Isbin has premiered over 80 works written for her by some of the world’s finest composers, and directs the guitar departments at the Aspen Music Festival and The Juilliard School, which she created in 1989. In this episode we talk about Sharon Isbin's new albums, working with composers, competitions, passion for new music, numerous collaborations and advice to young musicians. She also speaks about transcendental meditation, recent work with Chris Brubeck, work with non-classical artists and much more.   For more information about Sharon Isbin please visit: http://www.sharonisbin.com © Let's Talk Off The Podium, 2020

Listen to Dr. Allie in conversation with Ryan Roberts, an oboist and one of the youngest members of the NY Philharmonic, as they speak on coping as a musician during the COVID-19 pandemic. This episode was recorded on April 28, 2020. Noted for his “beautiful”, “eloquent” and “exquisite” playing by the New York Times, RYAN ROBERTS is the newly appointed English horn/Oboe of the New York Philharmonic. Ryan has performed with many of the country's leading orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and the Ft. Worth Symphony. An award-winning oboist, Ryan received first prize at the International Double Reed Society's 2018 Young Artist Competition and the National Society of Arts and Letters' 2018 Woodwind Competition. Before joining the Philharmonic, Ryan spent one season as a member of the New World Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson-Thomas. Ryan recently premiered Michael Torke's Oboe Concertino with the Albany Symphony and recorded the work for Albany Records. An avid chamber musician, Ryan performs at the Marlboro Music Festival during the summer under artistic directors Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss; he has also collaborated in recitals with the Pacifica Quartet and Emanuel Ax. As a Kovner Fellow graduate of The Juilliard school, Ryan studied with Elaine Douvas and appeared frequently as principal oboist of the Juilliard Orchestra. Ryan has been a member of the New York String Orchestra Seminar and spent three summers as the oboe fellow at the Aspen Music Festival. In 2016, Ryan was featured as a recital soloist aboard the Crystal “Symphony" cruise line touring Portugal, Spain, France and England. Ryan has studied piano since age 5 and made his concerto debut at age 11. When he isn't busy making reeds, Ryan enjoys practicing piano and running with his retired racing Whippet named Malley. You can follow Ryan on Instagram at @ryanjroberts and his website is www.ryanrobertsoboe.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ryan's website - www.ryanrobertsoboe.comRyan's Instagram - www.instagram.com/ryanjrobertsNoted for his “beautiful”, “eloquent” and “exquisite” playing by the New York Times, Ryan Roberts is the newly appointed English horn/Oboe of the New York Philharmonic. Ryan has performed with many of the country's leading orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and the Ft. Worth Symphony. An award-winning oboist, Ryan received first prize at the International Double Reed Society's 2018 Young Artist Competition and the National Society of Arts and Letters' 2018 Woodwind Competition. Before joining the Philharmonic, Ryan spent one season as a member of the New World Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson-Thomas. Ryan recently premiered Michael Torke’s Oboe Concertino with the Albany Symphony and recorded the work for Albany Records. An avid chamber musician, Ryan performs at the Marlboro Music Festival during the summer under artistic directors Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss; he has also collaborated in recitals with the Pacifica Quartet and Emanuel Ax.As a Kovner Fellow graduate of The Juilliard school, Ryan studied with Elaine Douvas and appeared frequently as principal oboist of the Juilliard Orchestra. Ryan has been a member of the New York String Orchestra Seminar and spent three summers as the oboe fellow at the Aspen Music Festival. In 2016, Ryan was featured as a recital soloist aboard the Crystal “Symphony" cruise line touring Portugal, Spain, France and England.Ryan has studied piano since age 5 and made his concerto debut at age 11. When he isn’t busy making reeds, Ryan enjoys practicing piano and running with his retired racing Whippet named Malley.Support the show (https://thatsnotspit.com/support/)

Michael's website - www.playwritemusic.comMichael's Instagram - www.instagram.com/playwritemusicMichael Martin, born August 9, 1985 in Marietta, Georgia, became the youngest member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops as Third/Utility trumpet in July 2010, at the age of 24. Michael attended Northwestern University where he received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Trumpet Performance studying with Barbara Butler and Charles Geyer. Prior to joining the Boston Symphony, Michael performed with a diverse array of professional orchestras, ensembles and performing artists including the Civic Orchestra of Chicago; the Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, and Chicago symphonies; the Axiom Brass; the Pacifica Quartet; “eighth blackbird”; and Sufjan Stevens. With the Boston Symphony, Michael can be heard on several upcoming albums with Music Director Andris Nelsons, including the GRAMMY-winning album, "Under Stalin's Shadow", releasing later this year.Michael has long been devoted to both performing and creating music at the highest artistic level and has become an extremely sought-after musician in both disciplines, forging a unique niche within the world of professional music. After completing his studies at Northwestern University, Michael was invited to study doctoral-level orchestration at the University of Chicago with renowned conductor and composer, Cliff Colnot. Michael has collaborated with and been commissioned by members of the Atlanta, Boston, and Chicago Symphonies; the Boston Pops; the Los Angeles and New York Philharmonics; the Chicago Chamber Musicians; the Northshore Concert Band; the University of Houston Symphony Orchestra; Northwestern University’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble; as well as numerous high school concert band programs around the country including Avon HS (IN), Clear Creek HS (TX), Flower Mound HS (TX), Kell HS (GA), Kennesaw Mountain HS (GA), and North Hardin HS (TN). Michael is also the Brass Arranger for the seven-time DCI World Champion Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps of Rosemont, Illinois.Support the show (https://thatsnotspit.com/support/)

Guitarist Sharon Isbin has recorded nearly everything in her instrument's repertoire. Still, it's refreshing to hear that, when an artist such as Ms. Isbin revisits a work (such as the Vivaldi D Major concerto), she gives us an interpretation with subtle differences from what came before. On "Souvenirs of Spain and Italy", Isbin partners with Pacifica Quartet, so the Vivaldi has an especially intimate feel to it. The disc also sheds light on works that have stayed in the shadows somewhat. The Quintet by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco is such a work. Turina's "Bullfighter's Prayer" and Boccherini's Quintet with the Fandango finale (complete with castanets and tambourine) give us a well-rounded tour of the Iberian and Italian peninsulas.

Grammy-winning guitarist (and Musical America's 2020 Instrumentalist of the Year) Sharon Isbin joins us to preview her new album Souvenirs of Spain and Italy. A collaboration with the Pacifica Quartet, the disc uncovers delightful surprises and recasts old favorites in a new light.

Grammy-winning guitarist (and Musical America's 2020 Instrumentalist of the Year) Sharon Isbin joins us to preview her new album Souvenirs of Spain and Italy. A collaboration with the Pacifica Quartet, the disc uncovers delightful surprises and recasts old favorites in a new light.

This week on New Classical Tracks, guitarist Sharon Isbin discusses her collaboration with Pacifica Quartet on the new album 'Souvenirs of Spain and Italy.'

In their first joint collaboration on disc, Pacifica Quartet and classical guitarist Sharon Isbin have recorded an album on Cedille Records titled ‘Souvenirs of Spain and Italy.’ The album features works for guitar and strings by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Vivaldi, and Boccherini.Pacifica Quartet are Grammy Award-winners. Isbin is a multi-Grammy Award winner. "It's really beautiful music with a tremendous amount of variety," Isbin says of the new recording.The program spotlights Italian-born composers influenced by Spanish idioms. Works include Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet, Op. 143; Emilio Pujol's guitar arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's lute Concerto in D Major, RV 93, edited by Isbin; and Luigi Boccherini's Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet in D Major, G. 448.In this podcast, the Rio Grande Guardian presenter Mario Muñoz interviews Isbin.

The legendary guitarist Sharon Isbin and Pacifica Quartet join forces for "Souvenirs of Spain & Italy," which includes works for guitar and strings by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Vivaldi, and Boccherini. Souvenirs of Spain & Italy, an uncommon album of music for strings and guitar from the Baroque to the mid-20th century. Available August 23, 2019 on Cedille Records (CDR 90000 190), the program spotlights Italian-born composers influenced by Spanish idioms. Hear an interview between Sharon Isbin and Classiclectic host Kurt Hauswirth, all about the new release:

Sharon Isbin, one of the leading guitarists of our time, was recently in Michigan for two performances. She gave the world premiere of Chris Brubeck’s Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra a few seasons back. Isbin also played Joaquin Rodrigo’s popular Concierto de Aranjuez with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra. In her newest project, she partners with the Pacifica Quartet in music from Spain and Italy. In her conversation with WRCJ’s Peter Whorf, Sharon Isbin talks about her admiration for the Indiana University quartet-in-residence…

In this episode, I chat with with Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist with the NY Philharmonic.  We have a great conversation about attention and presence, in both practice and performance. Among other things, we discuss his journey to the NY Phil, the importance of absolutely loving music in choosing it as a career, how to nurture focus and make practice more efficient, and how to work towards having more flow in performance. Anthony elaborates on: His musical path, from the Southside of Chicago to the NY Phil The various institutions he attended – the Merit School, the Interlochen Academy, and the Curtis Institute How important the community that surrounds us is as we develop as musicians/artists/people How to nurture focus: The importance of how loving what you do is in fostering focus The quote that really articulated that concept for him How focus starts from figuring out if you truly love what you do Cultivating quality presence, awareness, and curiosity in the practice room are the keys to solid focus How to make practice efficient How he primes and prepares for a practice session How wanting to practice, having a plan, being aware, and being methodical are at the core of a good practice session How he “tricks” himself to practice (which is similar to the trick I talk about in this blog entry: https://www.mindoverfinger.com/blog/commit-to-ten) How listening to music is important Focus in performance: How to work towards flow and overcome mistakes How important it is to develop our public speaking and self-marketing skills Why we should develop an interest in a hobby outside of music   MORE ABOUT ANTHONY: Website: http://www.anthonymcgill.com/ Find some YouTube videos about Anthony HERE Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcgillclarinet/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mcgillab/   Biography Clarinetist Anthony McGill is one of classical music's most recognizable and brilliantly multifaceted figures. He serves as the principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic — that orchestra's first African-American principal player — and maintains a dynamic international solo and chamber music career. Hailed for his “trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character” (The New York Times), as well as for his “exquisite combination of technical refinement and expressive radiance” (The Baltimore Sun), McGill also serves as an ardent advocate for helping music education reach underserved communities and for addressing issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in classical music. McGill was honored to take part in the inauguration of President Barack Obama, premiering a piece written for the occasion by John Williams and performing alongside violinist Itzhak Perlman, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and pianist Gabriela Montero.   McGill's 2018-19 season includes performances of concertos by Bolcom, Copland, Mozart, and Strauss with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony, Vermont Symphony, and Austin Symphonic Band. He will also collaborate together with soprano Miah Persson in a performance of Schubert's “The Shepherd on the Rock” together with Iván Fischer and the New York Philharmonic. Additional performances include a collaboration with the Dover Quartet for the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and a recital with soprano Julia Bullock for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, along with collaborations with the Brentano Quartet for Princeton University and a tour of Asia with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.   McGill appears regularly as a soloist with top orchestras around North America including the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, Baltimore Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and Kansas City Symphony. As a chamber musician, McGill is a favorite collaborator of the Brentano, Daedalus, Guarneri, JACK, Miró, Pacifica, Shanghai, Takacs, and Tokyo Quartets, as well as Emanuel Ax, Inon Barnatan, Gloria Chien, Yefim Bronfman, Gil Shaham, Midori, Mitsuko Uchida, and Lang Lang. He has led tours with Musicians from Marlboro and regularly performs for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Festival appearances include Tanglewood, Marlboro, Mainly Mozart, Music@Menlo, and the Santa Fe, Seattle, and Skaneateles Chamber Music Festivals.   In January 2015, McGill recorded the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto together with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic, which was released on DaCapo Records. He also recorded an album together with his brother Demarre McGill, principal flute of the Seattle Symphony, and pianist Michael McHale; and one featuring the Mozart and Brahms Clarinet Quintet with the Pacifica Quartet that were both released by Cedille Records.   A dedicated champion of new music, in 2014, McGill premiered a new piece written for him by Richard Danielpour entitled “From the Mountaintop” that was commissioned by the New Jersey Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, and Orchestra 2001. McGill served as the 2015-16 Artist-in-Residence for WQXR and has appeared on Performance Today, MPR's St. Paul Sunday Morning, and Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. In 2013, McGill appeared on the NBC Nightly News and on MSNBC, in stories highlighting the McGill brothers' inspirational story.   A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, McGill previously served as the principal clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera and associate principal clarinet of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. In-demand as a teacher, he serves on the faculty of the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute of Music, Bard College's Conservatory of Music, and the Manhattan School of Music. He also serves as the Artistic Advisor for the Music Advancement Program at the Juilliard School, on the Board of Directors for both the League of American Orchestra and the Harmony Program, and the advisory council for the InterSchool Orchestras of New York.   If you enjoyed the show, please leave a review on iTunes!  I truly appreciate your support! Visit www.mindoverfinger.com for information about past and future podcasts, and for more resources on mindful practice. THANK YOU: Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show's musical theme!  Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson. Also a huge thank you to my producer, Bella Kelly!   MIND OVER FINGER: www.mindoverfinger.com https://www.facebook.com/mindoverfinger/ https://www.instagram.com/mindoverfinger/   Join the Mind Over Finger Tribe here!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/mindoverfingertribe/

Daniel Kellogg, who teaches composition at the University of Colorado, loves the string quartet. Some of history's greatest composers wrote their most extraordinary music for two violins, a viola and a cello. So Daniel took the job seriously when he set out to write a big statement that he ultimately called String Quartet No. 1. He had worked up to it. He wrote a half-dozen pieces for string quartet before he composed this one. Hear a recording of the world premiere of String Quartet No. 1 -- played by the Grammy-winning Pacifica Quartet at the Aspen Music Festival & School -- in this episode of Centennial Sounds from CPR Classical and Colorado Public Radio.

Episode 10 - Pacifica Quartet / Brahms Piano Quintet Schumann String Quartet No. 1 by Cedille Records

This week's show features our new release for May: Mozart & Brahms Clarinet Quintets, with Anthony McGill and the Pacifica Quartet

We march into March with a series of marches and other military themed works on this week's show (full playlist below). HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ VON BIBER (1644-1704) Battalia for Violin, Strings, and Basso Continuo in D major (8:49) From Biber: Mensa Sonora Cedille Records CDR 90000 116 (Tracks 40-47) Baroque Band Garry Clarke, conductor CARL LORENS (1851-1909) “The Jewish Country Regiment” (3:21)* HANS EISLER (1898-1962) “Solidarity Song” (1:59)** KURT WEILL (1900-1950) “Havu L’venim” — "Bring the Bricks" (2:03)*† From Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano Cedille Records CDR 90000 065 (Disc 2 Tracks 3, 17 & 20) *Stewart Figa, baritone **Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano †Deborah Bard, soprano New Budapest Orpheum Society ROBERT KURKA (1921-1957) Julius Caesar, Symphonic Epilogue after Shakespeare, Op. 28 (1955) (8:52) From Robert Kurka: Symphonic Works Cedille Records CDR 90000 077 (Track 1) Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, conductor ROBERT KURKA (1921-1957) The Good Soldier Schweik Act I, scene vii (“Oh, the gen’rals . . .”) (4:29)* Act II: Prelude (March) (2:51) Act II, scene vii (b) (“Wait for the ragged soldiers . . .”) (3:29) From Robert Kurka: The Good Soldier Schweik Cedille Records CDR 90000 062 (Disc 1 Tracks 16-18, Disc 2 Tracks 1 & 22) *Jason Collins, tenor *Kelli Harrington, soprano Chicago Opera Theater Alexander Platt, conductor PAUL HINDEMITH (1895-1963) String Quartet No. 4, Op. 22 (1922) III. Ruhige Viertel. Stets fließend (8:03) From Declarations: Music Between the Wars Cedille Records CDR 90000 092 (Track 11) Pacifica Quartet DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 (1946) III. Moderato—Allegretto—Andante (4:00) From The Soviet Experience: Volume II Cedille Records CDR 90000 130 (Disc 2 Track 3) Pacifica Quartet

VIDEO: The Pacifica Quartet & Anthony McGill Play Mozart When a long-established string quartet brings in a fifth collaborator, questions inevitably arise: how will the four players interact with the newcomer? Who will call the shots in rehearsals, and how does the group dynamic change? When the Pacifica Quartet gave a performance of the Mozart Clarinet Quintet in the WQXR Café, that fifth member was Anthony McGill, the principal clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He recently recorded the clarinet quintets of Brahms and Mozart with the Pacifica, for an album due out next spring. "It's great to have that influx of new energy and new thoughts," Pacifica violist Masumi Per Rostad told host Jeff Spurgeon. "It changes our rehearsal process. It changes the way we interact with each other when it's just the four of us." McGill joked that the group puts on its polite company face when he enters the room. "What's kind of funny about that, especially with a string quartet, is that most of the time, you’re really welcome, because they spend a lot of time with each other,” said McGill. "Every group has its own specific dynamic and it’s really fascinating to be able to feel that." Along with his job at the Met, McGill is active as a chamber musician and soloist. He encounters a lot of Mozart, be it his chamber music or operas like Cosi fan tutte. "The way he captures the overtones and the sweetest part of the instrument is better than any other composer," McGill said of his clarinet writing. "The part of the instrument that sounds like the human voice – that’s the part that he zeroes in on and uses to the best of his abilities." The Pacifica's Cafe Concert came one day after the quartet appeared at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall to perform with another notable artist, pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin, in the rarely-heard Leo Ornstein Piano Quintet. Next year, the ensemble will mark its 20th anniversary with the premieres of commissioned works by Shulamit Ran and Julia Wolfe, the latter of which will be a string quintet with cellist Johannes Moser. The Pacifica has seen other changes lately too. Last year, the group left the University of Illinois after nearly a decade as the resident quartet to join the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. It is the first quartet-in-residence at a school with a long string pedagogy tradition but much less of a chamber music bent. The quartet now teaches some 35 ensembles. Does the name “Pacifica” – a holdover from the group’s founding in Los Angeles – ever seem strange given their Midwestern orientation now? “It’s a nice name and we’ve been happy with it," said Rostad. "Our students like to joke that they could call us the Cornfield-ica.” Video: Amy Pearl; Sound: Noriko Okabe; Text & Production: Brian Wise

On this week's show, we unveil our final release for 2013: the Pacifica Quartet's Soviet Experience Volume IV, containing the last 3 Quartets (Nos. 13–15) by Dmitri Shostakovich plus the String Quartet No. 3 by Alfred Schnittke. We’ll hear Shostakovich’s single-movement Quartet No. 13 in its entirety, plus excerpts from the other 3 pieces.   November 20 The Pacifica Quartet plays Shostakovich and Schnittke DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975) String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138 Adagio—Doppio movimento—Tempo primo (19:15) From The Soviet Experience Volume IV: String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries Cedille Records CDR 90000 145 (Disc 1 Track 1) Pacifica Quartet DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp major, Op. 142 I. Allegretto (8:41) From The Soviet Experience Volume IV: String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries Cedille Records CDR 90000 145 (Disc 1 Track 2) Pacifica Quartet DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144 IV. Nocturne: Adagio (4:27) V. Funeral March: Adagio molto (5:37) From The Soviet Experience Volume IV: String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries Cedille Records CDR 90000 145 (Disc 2 Tracks 4–5) Pacifica Quartet ALFRED SCHNITTKE (1934–1998) String Quartet No. 3 II. Agitato (8:18) From The Soviet Experience Volume IV: String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries Cedille Records CDR 90000 145 (Disc 2 Track 8) Pacifica Quartet

Our last of 4 shows devoted to Russian-based, Russian composers features the Pacifica Quartet’s performances of string quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich.   Playlist for June 26, 2013 Shostakovich on Cedille DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975) String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 49 (14:41) I. Moderato II. Moderato III. Allegro molto IV. Allegro From The Soviet Experience: Volume II Cedille Records CDR 90000 130 (Disc 1, Tracks 1–4) Pacifica Quartet DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108 (12:13) I. Allegretto II. Andante III. Moderato—Allegretto—Andante From The Soviet Experience: Volume I Cedille Records CDR 90000 127 (Disc 2 tracks 1–3) Pacifica Quartet DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major, Op. 133 II. Allegretto (19:24) From The Soviet Experience: Volume III Cedille Records CDR 90000 138 (Disc 2 track 2) Pacifica Quartet

Continuing with WFMT’s monthly theme of Russia, this week’s show comprises all 4 Prokofiev works recorded on Cedille plus “encores” by his colleagues Mieczslaw Weinberg and Aram Khachaturian. Performances are by pianist Easley Blackwood, cellist Wendy Warner and pianist Irina Nuzova, soprano Patrice Michaels and pianist Deborah Sobol, the Pacifica Quartet, and pianist Dmitry Paperno. Playlist for June 19, 2013 Prokofiev on Cedille SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953) Sarcasms, Op. 17 (1914) (10:45) I. Tempestoso II. Allegro rubato III. Allegro precipitato IV. Smanioso V. Precipitosissimo From Radical Piano Cedille Records CDR 90000 027 (Tracks 1–5) Easley Blackwood, piano SERGEI PROKOFIEV Adagio from Ten Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 97b (3:51) From Russian Music for Cello & Piano Cedille Records CDR 90000 120 (Track 6) Wendy Warner, cello Irina Nuzova, piano SERGEI PROKOFIEV The bush on the hill, Op. 104, No. 3 From Songs of the Romantic Age Cedille Records CDR 90000 019 (Track 18) Patrice Michaels, soprano Deborah Sobol, piano SERGEI PROKOFIEV String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92 (22:09) I. Allegro sostenuto II. Adagio III. Allegro—Andante molto—Allegro I From The Soviet Experience: Volume II Cedille Records CDR 90000 130 (Disc 2 tracks 6–8) Pacifica Quartet MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG (1919–1996) String Quartet No. 6 in E minor, op. 35 II. Presto agitato (2:30) From The Soviet Experience: Volume III Cedille Records CDR 90000 138 (Disc 2 track 4) Pacifica Quartet ARAM KHACHATURIAN (1903–1978) Toccata (4:20) From Dmitry Paperno: Uncommon Encores Cedille Records CDR 90000 007 (Track 14) Dmitry Paperno, piano

Continuing with WFMT’s monthly theme of Russia, this week’s show features two late masterpieces by one of the three great Russian Soviet composers, and the only one to come of age during the pre-revolutionary era of Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov: Nicolai Yakolevich Miaskovsky (1881-1950). We’ll hear his Second Cello Sonata performed by cellist Wendy Warner and pianist Irina Nuzova, and his last string quartet played by the Pacifica Quartet. Subscribe to the Cedille Email List to receive one free music track from each week's show!   Playlist for June 12, 2013 Miaskovsky on Cedille NIKOLAI MIASKOVSKY (1881–1950) Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 81 (23:11) I. Allegro moderato II. Andante cantabile III. Allegro con spirito From Russian Music for Cello & Piano Cedille Records CDR 90000 120 (Tracks 1–3) Wendy Warner, cello Irina Nuzova, piano NIKOLAI MIASKOVSKY String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, Op. 86 (25:36) I. Moderato II. Presto fantastico III. Andante con moto e molto cantabile IV. Molto vivo, energico From The Soviet Experience: Volume I Cedille Records CDR 90000 127 (Disc 2 tracks 9–12) Pacifica Quartet