Amy Beach, nee Cheney, debuted with the Boston Symphony at the age of 17. She married two years later, and her husband forbade her from having a career on stage, so... Amy Beach became a great composer. A story of perseverance and the power of music, on Tuesday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Amy Beach
: Le Prince gracieux (The Gracious Prince)
Joanne Polk, piano
Amy Beach, Vol. 2: Under the Stars
Arabesque 6704
Robert Schumann
: Romance, Op. 94, No. 2
Joshua Bell, violin; Jeremy Denk, piano
Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, WQXR, New York City, NY
Amy Beach
: Theme and Variations for flute and string quartet, Op. 80
Elizabeth Mann, flute; Steven Copes, violin; Stefan Hersh, violin; Toby Appel, viola; Bion Tsang, cello
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
Kurt Weill
: Suite from Threepenny Opera
Greenville Symphony Orchestra; Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor
Greenville Symphony Association, Gunter Theater, Greenville, SC
Hour 2
Francis Poulenc
: Album de Six and Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel selections
French National Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor
Poulenc: Aubade - Las Biches
London 452937
Antonio Vivaldi
: Concerto in C major for Recorder, Strings and Continuo, RV 443: Movements 2-3
Andreas Bohlen, recorder; Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Francis Poulenc
: Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet, FP. 100
Judy Dines, flute; Hassan Anderson, oboe; Terrance Patterson, clarinet; Joshua Hood, bassoon; Amanda Collins, French horn; Terrence Wilson, piano
Gateways Music Festival, Hochstein School of Music & Dance, Rochester, NY
Sergei Prokofiev
: Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 63: Movements 2-3
Gil Shaham, violin; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
