Sunday is Mother's Day, and we're celebrating a few days early. Today's show features stories of motherhood and the classical music world. How violinist Leila Josefowicz manages life as both a globe-trotting soloist and a single parent, how pianist Simone Dinnerstein (pictured) found common ground in being pregnant and learning Bach's "Goldberg Variations." You'll hear great stories, and great performances, today on PT.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Antonin Dvorak: "Songs My Mother Taught Me"
Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber and pianist John Lenehan
Aram Khachaturian: "A Little Song"
Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber and pianist John Lenehan
Bela Bartok: Allegro Molto from Violin Concerto No. 2, BB 117
Violinist Leila Josefowicz with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Gustavo Dudamel
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Johann Sebastian Bach: Excerpts from "Goldberg Variations"
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
Radames Gnattali: Excerpts from "Suite Retratos"
The Assad Brothers Guitar Duo
Travis Park United Methodist Church, San Antonio, Texas
George Walker: "Lyric for Strings"
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with conductor Chelsea Tipton
Martin Luther King, Jr., International Chapel, Atlanta
Hour 2
Isaac Albeniz: "Cadiz"
Guitarist Pepe Romero
Maurice Ravel: "Mother Goose" Suite
The Buffalo Philharmonic with conductor JoAnn Falletta
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
Claude Debussy: "L'isle Joyeuse" ("The Happy Island")
Pianist Orli Shaham
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Osvaldo Golijov: "Lua Descolorida," from "Three Songs"
Soprano Dawn Upshaw with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Alexander Mickelthwate
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Luigi Boccherini: "Introduction and Fandango"
The Romeros
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
Isaac Albeniz: "Granada"
Guitarists Celin and Pepe Romero
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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