Diana Todorova
This week's Classical Californian is Radu Paponiu, Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. He'll trace his interest in music from his early days as a violinist in Romania, to coming to the US to take part in Itzhak Perlman's summer program, and turning to conducting as a masters student at the New England Conservatory of Music. There are works by Chopin, Beethoven, Debussy, and Caroline Shaw.
Frederic Chopin: Waltzes - D-flat Major (Op. 64 No. 1, "Minute"), A-flat Major (Op. Post. 69 No. 1, "Farewell"), Grand Valse Brillante (in E-flat Major, Op. 18) - Dinu Lipatti, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet #15 op. 132, mvt. 3 "Heiliger Dankgesang" - Juilliard String Quartet
Claude Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun - New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte - Attacca Quartet
