The Twin Cities are home to two world-class orchestras: the Minnesota Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. The principal violists of these ensembles have much more in common than that—they share a home and two young children. Rebecca Albers and Maiya Papach reflect on music and motherhood in today's program. And don't forget, Mother's Day is this weekend!
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations: Variation 13
Beatrice Rana, piano
Album: Bach: Goldberg Variations
Warner
Valerie Coleman: Rubispheres for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon
Imani Winds
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Leos Janacek: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, From the Street
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: Mvt 1 Poco sostenuto - Vivace
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
SPCO, Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN
Hour 2
Scott Joplin: Bethena
Lara Downes, piano | Judy Kang, violin | Chiara Fasi, violin | Tia Allen, viola | Yves Dharamraj, cello
Album: Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered
Rising Sun 16
Leonid Desyatnikov: Reflections on a Folk Song (premiere)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Maxim Rysanov, conductor
Baltic Sea Festival, Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Sam Cooke, arr. Jeremy Siskind: A Change Is Gonna Come
Lara Downes, piano
Parker Concert Hall, Brevard Music Center, Brevard, NC
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor: Mvts 4-5
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Lucerne Festival, Concert Hall KKL, Lucerne, Switzerland
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