It’s a graduation special for Labor Day Weekend: we mark 18-year-olds who are now our alumni, having performed on Introductions in the past few years. Some are now majoring in music, some are majoring in other subjects, a few are double-majoring, one’s taking a gap year, and one’s enlisted in the military. It’s a great variety of music this week.

Playlist Edward Elgar: “Pomp and Circumstance” March No. 1 in D, Op. 39, No. 1 (excerpt)

London Philharmonic Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor

(Decca 417719)

Nikolai Kapustin: Concert Etude No. 8

Joshua Mhoon, piano

First broadcast May 1, 2021

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008:

III. Courante (excerpt)

Kailie Holliday, cello

First broadcast March 6, 2021

Jacques Ibert: Flute Concerto:

III. Allegro scherzando (excerpt)

Miguel Rodriguez, flute; Beilin Han, piano

First broadcast March 6, 2021

Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47:

I. Allegro moderato (excerpt)

Isabel Chen, violin; Milana Pavchinskaya, piano

First broadcast July 31, 2021

Alfredo Piatti: Caprice in A minor

Noah Chen, cello

First broadcast October 3, 2020

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor

Ashley Kim, piano

First broadcast November 16, 2019

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

Eric Bahena Figueroa, bassoon; Beilin Han, piano

First broadcast March 6, 2021

Giovanni Sollima: Lamentatio (excerpt)

Brandon Cheng, cello and voice

First broadcast May 8, 2021

Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120:

III. Allegretto grazioso (excerpt)

José Vidal, clarinet; Matthew Hagle, piano

First broadcast November 28, 2020

Emmanuel Séjourné: Marimba Concerto:

II. Tempo souple (excerpt)

Meher Sethi, marimba

First broadcast June 12, 2021

Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet, Op. 44, No. 1:

IV. Finale, Presto agitato

Carmen Quartet: Katharine Nelson & Veronica Rokicki, violins; Kimberly LaFranzo, viola; Eytan Raviv, cello

First broadcast July 17, 2021

Traditional German arr. Johann André: “Gaudeamus igitur” (excerpt)

Wernigerode Radio Youth Choir; Friedrich Krell, conductor

(BT-Music 1327570776227)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009:

I. Prelude

Bella Kim, viola

First broadcast March 13, 2021

Henryk Wieniawski: Polonaise brillante in A, Op. 21 (excerpt)

Isabella Brown, violin; Milana Pavchinskaya, piano

First broadcast July 24, 2021

Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38:

I. Allegro non troppo (excerpt)

Xavier Perry, cello; Beilin Han, piano

First broadcast June 12, 2021

Antônio Carlos Jobim: Desafinado (excerpt)

Marco Villela, trumpet; Robbie Ellis, piano

First broadcast August 14, 2021

Henry Purcell: Music for a While (excerpt)

Volodymyr Lymar, countertenor; David Schrader, harpsichord

First broadcast June 26, 2021

Henri Rabaud: Solo de concours

Ethan Montgomery, clarinet; Beilin Han, piano

First broadcast June 12, 2021

Robert Schumann: Träumerei, Op. 15, No. 7

Daniel Mies Nass, piano

First broadcast June 19, 2021

Eugène Bozza: New Orleans

Rafael Noriega, bass trombone; Beilin Han, piano

First broadcast March 6, 2021

Some music is excluded from the podcast version of this episode for copyright reasons.

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