Hard Time

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.

There's further information about Robert's Resounding Echoes series here.

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