Hear Imani Winds Perform 4 Works on American Public Media's 'Performance Today'

Imani Winds on Performance Today, Jan. 7, 2014

Performance Today is a radio program of American Public Media, hosted by Fred Child.  The program's principal guest was the Imani Winds in Hour 2 of the broadcast on January 7, 2014.  The audio can still be heard by visiting www.performancetoday.org and selecting January 7, 2014 from the Archive, then clicking on Performance Today hour 2.  The second work is Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 of Sergei Rachmaninoff; the final work is Peter Tchaikovsky's Melodie. The remaining four works are performed by the Imani Winds, who discuss the origin and meaning of each work they play, in a conversation with Fred Child, the host:

hour 2

• Jeff Scott
  Titilayo
  Imani Winds
  Imani Winds
  Koch 7661 
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (arr. Bax)
  Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
  Alessio Bax, piano
  Spivey Hall, Morrow, GA
• Valerie Coleman
  Red Clay and Mississippi Delta
  Imani Winds: Valerie Coleman, flute; Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe; Mariam Adam, clarinet; Jeff Scott, French horn; Monica Ellis, bassoon
  Maud Moon Weyerhauser Studio, St. Paul, MN
• Jason Moran
  Cane: 2. Coin Coin's Narrative; 4. Natchitoches to New York
  Imani Winds: Valerie Coleman, flute; Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe; Mariam Adam, clarinet; Jeff Scott, French horn; Monica Ellis, bassoon
  Maud Moon Weyerhauser Studio, St. Paul, MN
• Wayne Shorter
  Terra Incognita
  Imani Winds: Valerie Coleman, flute; Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe; Mariam Adam, clarinet; Jeff Scott, French horn; Monica Ellis, bassoon
  Maud Moon Weyerhauser Studio, St. Paul, MN
  Peter Tchaikovsky
  Melodie
  Janine Jansen, violin; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
  Grand Hall, Old Opera, Frankfurt, Germany