JoAnn Falletta grew up playing classical guitar, but what she really wanted to do was conduct orchestras. There wasn't a path for a female conductor to follow... so Falletta paved a path of her own and is now a respected conductor around the world. On today's show, JoAnn Falletta conducts the Buffalo Philharmonic in a concert performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare: V'adoro, pupille (I adore you, dear eyes)
Eugenia Zukerman, flute; Dennis Helmrich, piano
Aria
Delos 3209
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 (Selected Movements)
Gateways Music Festival Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor
Gateways Music Festival, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Rochester, NY
Piano Puzzler: Contestant is Alex Strong from Bloomington, IN
Marin Marais: Les Folias d'Espagne
Cavatina Duo: Eugenia Moliner, flute; Denis Azabagic, guitar
San Antonio Chamber Music Society, Temple Beth-El San Antonio, TX
Hour 2
Camilla de Rossi: Sinfonia from "Il Sacrifizio di Abramo" Movements 1 & 4
JoAnn Falletta, lute; Bay Area Women's Philharmonic; Jo Ann Falletta, conductor
Baroquen Treasures
Newport 60102
Maurice Ravel: Piece en forma de Habanera, M.51
Brandon Ridenour, trumpet; Cory Smythe, piano
Beaches fine Arts Series, St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
Antonin Dvorak: Terzetto for two violins and viola in C major, Op. 74
Axel Strauss, Violaine Melancon, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, viola
Music in the Vineyards Festival, The Hess Collection (winery and art museum), Napa, CA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 (select movements)
Adam Golka, piano; The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
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