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Bechtler String Quartet on Komitas

Program: From the John Clark Performance Studio
Aired: Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Hosted by Frank Dominguez

Members of the Bechtler Ensemble perform a program of music by the Armenian curate Komitas, a pioneer in the field of ethnomusicology. Ensemble director Tanja Bechtler also speaks about Komitas’ efforts to preserve Armenian culture in the face of genocide.

Heard on the Episode:

Joe Meyer, violin 1
Tatiana Karpova, violin 2
Vasily Gorkovoy, viola
Tanja Bechtler, cello

Komitas: Armenian Folk Songs for Strings arr. by Sergei Aszlamazyan
     1. Shogher Djian (Dear Sugar)
     2. Chinar es (She's slender like a plane-tree)
     3. Kagavik (Song of the little partridge)

     4. March Along
     5. Shushiki (Girl's Dance)
     6. Echmiadzni Bar (Echmiadzin Dance) 

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