Jorge Martín was born in Cuba, but he's called America home since he was six. He studied at Yale and earned a master's and doctorate degrees from Columbia University and now makes his home full-time in Vermont. I'll talk with him this morning about his music, and we'll hear his jazzy "Hollywood Variations" from 2003.

Playlist

8:14am

The Nutcracker, Op.71: (Act II) Character Dances

Composer	Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ensemble	London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor	Andre Previn
CD/Album	"Tchaikovsky: The Ballets"
Record co./Cat #	EMI 73624

8:26am

5 Variations on "Rule, Britannia!", WoO 79

Composer	Ludwig van Beethoven
Soloists	Olli Mustonen, piano
CD/Album	"Beethoven: Piano Variations"
Record co./Cat #	London 436834

8:31am

Chants d'auvergne: Bailero

Composer	Joseph Canteloube
Ensemble	Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Conductor	Jean-Pierre Jacquillat
Soloists	Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
CD/Album	"Songs of the Auvergne arr. Canteloube"
Record co./Cat #	EMI 66993

8:37am

Orchestral Suite #7: Scenes Alsaciennes

Composer	Jules Massenet
Ensemble	New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Conductor	Jean-Yves Ossonce
CD/Album	"Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4-7"
Record co./Cat #	Naxos 8.553125

9:02am

Solomon: Entrance of the Queen of Sheba

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Ensemble	Les Concerts du Monde
Conductor	Keith Clark
CD/Album	"Movies Go Baroque"
Record co./Cat #	Telarc 80336

9:06am

Concerto Antico for Guitar & Small Orchestra

Composer	Richard Harvey
Ensemble	London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor	Paul Daniel
Soloists	John Williams, guitar
CD/Album	"Harvey - Gray: Guitar Concertos"
Record co./Cat #	Sony 68337

9:40am

Hollywood Variations

Composer	Jorge Martin
Soloists	Yehuda Hanani, cello ; Walter Ponce, piano
CD/Album	"Jorge Martin - Cello Music"
Record co./Cat #	Albany / Troy 1279
Note	(written in 2003 to honor film composer Leonard Rosenman. These are variations on Rosenman's original theme from the score to "East of Eden")

9:50am

Prelude Pastoral

Composer	Emmanuel Chabrier
Ensemble	Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor	John Eliot Gardiner
CD/Album	"Chabrier: Espana, Suite Pastorale, etc."
Record co./Cat #	Deutsche Grammophon 447751