Hard Time
Hello, good afternoon, and welcome to Hard Time , today's episode of Resounding Echoes . Last week I played music mostly from the year 1929, and yet I did not include three of the most extraordinary pieces from that year. I did not include these pieces for two reasons ...
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Hard Time
Jón Leifs: Organ Concerto (1930)
Björg Steinar Solbergsson, organ; Iceland Symphony Orchestra / En Shao
Božidar Kunc: String Quartet (1931)
Sebastian String Quartet
Aaron Copland : Piano Variations (1930)
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Ruth Crawford : String Quartet (1931)
Pacifica Quartet
Wallingford Riegger: Dichotomy (1931)
London Sinfonietta / Frederik Prausnitz
John Foulds : Quartetto Intimo (1931)
Endellion String Quartet
Silvestre Revueltas : String Quartet No 1 (1930)
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Alejandro García Caturla: First Cuban Suite (1932)
Oberlin Orchestra / Raphael Jiménez
The music at the very start and end of this programme has been created specially for the Resounding Echoes series by Swiss composer Daniel Schorno .
Follow these links for the previous episodes mentioned by Robert: Seven Tuscan Knights and Fragments of Utopia .
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