Violinist Rachel Barton Pine says, "there's nothing more fundamental than holding an infant in your arms and rocking them gently to sleep." Classical composers are no different than other parents--singing, soothing, sometimes pleading their children to sleep. But many of them wrote their own lullabies. On Friday's Performance Today, Rachel Barton Pine plays a handful of little-known lullabies by well-known composers. Just in time for Mother's Day.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Max Reger: Wiegenlied, No. 1 from Drie Kompositionen, Op. 79d
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
Jean Sibelius: Berceuse (Lullaby), No. 6 from Six Pieces, Op. 79
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
Peter Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, fantasy-overture
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra; Shi-Yeon Sung, conductor
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Richard Strauss: Wiegenlied, No. 1 from Funf Lieder, Op. 41
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
Federico Moreno Torroba: Estampas
Manuel Barrueco, guitar; Meng Su, guitar; Yameng Wang, guitar
92nd Street Y, Theresa L. Kaufmann Concert Hall
Bobby McFerrin: The 23rd Psalm (Dedicated to my Mother)
Cantus
First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, MN
Hour 2
Manuel De Falla: Suite populaire espagnole: No. 6 Jota, No. 7 Polo
Daniel Hope, violin; Sebastian Knauer, luthéal (prepared piano)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Cello and Pianoforte No. 1 in G, BWV 1027: 2. Allegro ma non tanto; 3. Andante ; 4. Allegro moderato
Jonathan Cohen, cello Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
Savannah Music Festival - Bezuidenhout & Cohen
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen
Lorenza Borrani, violin; Daniel Hope, violin; Philip Dukes, viola; Carla Maria Rodrigues, viola; Eric Kim, cello; Camden Shaw, cello; Joseph Conyers, bass
Savannah Music Festival; Trinity United Methodist Church, Savannah, GA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet No. 3, K. 515; Mvmt 4. Allegro
Lorenza Borrani, violin; Benny Kim, violin; Philip Dukes, viola; Carla Maria Rodrigues, viola; Camden Shaw, cello
Savannah Music Festival; Trinity United Methodist Church, Savannah, GA
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