French composer Louise Farrenc grew up in Paris in the early 1800s. She had a great career as a pianist and composer, and she was hired as a professor...but at half the pay as men doing the same work. Louise Farrenc fought for equal pay, and she GOT it. Join us to learn more about Louise Farrenc and hear her Piano Quintet No. 1.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Louise Farrenc: Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano: Movement 3
Francois Salque, cello | Brigitte Engerer, piano | Romain Guyot, clarinet
Album: Farrenc: Musique de chambre
Naive 5033
Antonio Vivaldi: Cum dederit, from 'Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608'
Il Giardino Armonico | Giovanni Antonini, conductor
Actus Humanus Festival, Artus Court, Gdansk, Poland
Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Jackie Aivaliotis calling from Pittsburgh, PA
Louise Farrenc: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 30
Eliot Heaton, violin | Hillary Herndon, viola | Max Geissler, cello | Justin McCullouch, bass | Esther Park, piano
Geneva Music Festival, Froelich Hall Gearan Center for the Performing Arts Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak: Polonaise from Rusalka
Minnesota Orchestra | Eiji Oue, conductor
Album: Exotic Dances from the Opera
Reference Recordings RR-71CD
Asako Hirabayashi: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Kathryn Greenbank, oboe | Charles Ullery, bassoon | Asako Hirabayashi, piano
Bauman Fine Arts Series, Parkway United Church of Christ, Minneapolis, MN
George Gershwin, arr. Cappuccio: Blues, from An American in Paris
The Italian Saxophone Quartet
The Friends of Chamber Music, A&M United Methodist Church, College Station, TX
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, ‘From the New World’: Movements 2-4
Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra | Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
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