In a time when women were generally expected to give up their careers when they married, Clara Schumann was an exception. She had a big international career as a pianist, was a fine composer, a mother of eight children, and the chief bread-winner in the family. On Friday's Performance Today we'll hear music by Clara Schumann, in honor of Mother's Day.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Martin Codax: Come, Maids who Love, from Cantiga de Amigo
Montserrat Figueras and Arianna Savall, sopranos, Ferran Savall, tenor, Jordi Savall, viola da gamba
Clara Schumann: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20
Olga Kern, piano
Halton Theater, Charlotte, North Carolina
Jewish Lullaby: Noumi, Noum Yaldatii
Hesperion XXI
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul
Traditional Norwegian (Arranged by Frank Harvoy): Bysjan, Bysjan, Lite Ban
Nordic Voices
Rhein Vokal Festival, Boppard, Germany
Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite for Variety Orchestra
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Waldbuhne, Berlin, Germany
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak: Polonaise from Rusalka
The Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue, conductor
Mstislav Rostropovich: Humoresque, Op. 5
Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello, Noreen Polera, piano
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Charles Lisberg: The Spinning Wheel
Olga Kern, piano
Halton Theater, Charlotte, North Carolina
Jennifer Higdon: Concerto for Solo Oboe and Wind Ensemble
Steve Pettey, oboe, the Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto No. 10 in E-flat for Two Pianos and Orchestra, K. 365/316a
Lydia Artymiw and Andrew Staupe, pianos, the Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska, conductor
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
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