The average worker in this country changes careers 3 to 5 times over the course of lifetime. Musicians tend to be far below that average. With the intense amount of time and energy invested in getting a job, few are inclined to walk away from it. But it's not unheard of. In today's show, the story of cellist Susanna Malkki, who gave up a big orchestra job and became conductor Susanna Malkki. She leads a performance of Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" from a concert in London.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Bedrich Smetana: The Dance of the Villagers, from the Bartered Bride
The London Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon, conductor
Rodion Shchedrin: Humoreske
Denis Matsuev, piano
Verbier Festival and Academy, Verbier, Switzerland
Francois Couperin: Allemande
Trio Settecento
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska
Georg Philipp Telemann: Largo, from Fantasy No. 1 in B flat, TWV 40:14
Komale Akakpo, hammered dulcimer
Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio, Warsaw, Poland
Giuseppe Giamberti: Ballo di Mantova
Clematis, Leonardo Garcia-Alarcon, director and harpsichord
Roisin Summer Music Festival, Roisin, Belgium
Bedrich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor (From My Life) (arranged for orchestra)
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Hour 2
Joseph Haydn: Rondo from Piano Sonata No. 35 in A-flat, Hob. XVI:43
Emanuel Ax, piano
Agustin Barrios: Third movement from La Catedral (the Cathedral)
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Sergei Prokofiev: Suite No.1 from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64bis
The Philharmonia Orchestra, Susanna Malkki, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Joseph Haydn: Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Hob. XVII:6
Emanuel Ax, piano
Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
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