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Classical Californians: Regina Carter
Chris Drukker
Our Classical Californian this week is jazz violinist Regina Carter – who’s a faculty member at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of music… She‘s going to share some of the music that’s accompanied her from when she was a four-year-old violin student to where she is today. That includes some of the pioneers of the jazz violin, including Eddie South and Ray Nance, along with a couple of takes on a Debussy tune, a dynamic women's string orchestra from Cuba, plus Saint-Saëns, Orff, Arvo Pärt and more!
Fritz Kreisler (arr. Eddie South): "Praeludium and Allegro" - Eddie South, violin
Claude Debussy: Reverie - Frederico Bufaletti, piano
Claude Debussy: "My Reverie" - Ella Fitzgerald, vocals
(Based on Traditional Rhythms): "Camerata en Guanguanco" - Camerata Romeu
Arvo Pärt: Fratres - Gidon Kremer, violin; Keith Jarrett, piano
Duke Ellington: "Come Sunday" from Black, Brown and Beige - Duke Ellington Orchestra, featuring Ray Nance, violin
Carl Orff: "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana - London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Hickox
Camille Saint-Saëns: "The Swan" from Carnival of the Animals - Kanneh Mason family, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Aaron Copland: "Billy's Death" from Billy the Kid Suite - London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland