What would you do for love? Could you write a song expressing your passion? And if the person you care for fell in love with somebody else, could you let them go so they could be happy? We'll hear that these answers can be found in classic operas on this episode of Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Clara Schumann: Two Lieder from Liebesfrühling
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano | Helene Grimaud, piano
Album: Reflection
DG 690402
Scott Lindroth: Passage
United States Marine Band | Maj. Michelle A. Rakers, conductor
United States Marine Band, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17
Helen Hwaya Kim, violin | Ranier Eudeikis, cello | Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Peachtree Road United Methodist Church & Atlanta Chamber Players, Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA
Richard Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils from "Salome"
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic | JoAnn Falletta, conductor
National Orchestral Institute + Festival, Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Hour 2
Richard Strauss: Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Eivind Aadland, conductor
Album: Storyteller
EMI 88328
Jim Stephenson: ROCOmotive
ROCO | Brett Mitchell, conductor
ROCO, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
Richard Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic | Ward Stare, conductor
National Orchestral Institute + Festival, Dekelboum Concert Hall at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD
August Wilhelmj: Paraphrase on the Walther's Prize Song, from Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, by Richard Wagner
Zlatomir Fung, cello | Dina Vainshtein, piano
Friends of Chamber Music (Bryan Texas), Virtual Event
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