The acclaimed American violinist Robert McDuffie, whose son is part of the Davidson Class of 2016, gave a benefit concert at the Duke Family Performance Hall on the college campus to benefit Classical Public Radio WDAV. It was a program of delightful works for violin and piano emceed by Fred Child, host of the national program Performance Today. The concert also included a string quintet from the McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University joining McDuffie to play music by Vivaldi and Philip Glass.
Then we head to Columbia for highlights from a Masterworks Concert by the South Carolina Philharmonic featuring jazzy classics from George Gershwin, Maurice Ravel and Artie Shaw.
Robert McDuffie, violin
Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
FRITZ KREISLER: Minuetto in the Style of Paganini
JAY UNGAR: Ashokan Farewell
AARON COPLAND: Hoedown from Rodeo
ANTONIN DVORAK: Romantic Piece No. 1
JOHN WILLIAMS: Theme from Schindler’s List
GEORGE GERSHWIN: It Ain’t Necessarily So
PHILIP GLASS: “The American Four Seasons”
Song No. 3 from Violin Concerto No. 2
Robert McDuffie, violin
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Largo from the “Winter” Concerto from “The Four Seasons”
Robert McDuffie, violin
Charissa Leung, violin
Harry Ward, violin
Alexander Locke, viola
Atticus Mellor-Goldman, cello
Reed Tucker, double bass
GEORGE GERSHWIN: Promenade (Walking the Dog)
Joseph Eller, clarinet
South Carolina Philharmonic
Morihiko Nakahara, conductor
Artie Shaw: Concerto for Clarinet
Joseph Eller, clarinet
South Carolina Philharmonic
Morihiko Nakahara, conductor
MAURICE RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G
Phillip Bush, piano
South Carolina Philharmonic
Morihiko Nakahara, conductor
GEORGE GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
Phillip Bush, piano
Morihiko Nakahara, conductor
South Carolina Philharmonic
Salute to the Troops
South Carolina Philharmonic
