In 2007, Marin Alsop was named Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony... the first woman to lead a major American orchestra. Last month, she became the first woman to be named Chief Conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. On Monday's Performance Today, join us for conversation with Marin Alsop, then hear a Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performance of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joan Tower: Fanfare No. 4 for the Uncommon Woman
Colorado Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
Tower: Fanfares For The Uncommon Woman, Etc / Alsop, Et Al
KOCH 7469
George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 5
O Dalby, G Nuttall, L Lee, J Dyrda, and L Sohn, violin; L Robertson and H Leung, viola; C Costanza and J Lo, cello; A Manzo, double bass; P Muzijevic, harpsichord
Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: excerpts from Act I
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Naxos 857353435
Frederic Chopin: Scherzo No.3 in C-sharp Minor, Op.39
Anna Han, piano
Southeastern Piano Festival, University of South Carolina School of Music Recital Hall, Columbia, SC
Hour 2
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in D minor, Op 3 No. 11, RV 565: Movements 3 & 4
Daniel Hope, violin; Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Daniel Hope plays Vivaldi
DG 4777463
Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony: Movements 2-4
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in G Major for Cello, Strings, and Continuo, RV 413
Daniel McDonough, cello; Daniel Phillips, violin; Danbi Um, violin; Yura Lee, viola; David Grossman, cello; Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center & University of Georgia, Performing Arts Center, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Bruce Adolphe: Jazzurka from Chopin Dreams
Carlo Grante, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
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