When JoAnn Falleta began her career in the 1970s, there were no women conducting major American orchestras on a regular basis. Falletta says she never set out to be a pioneer; she just feels lucky to be able to do what she loves. Join us for music and conversation with JoAnn Falletta on Tuesday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Vincenzo Bellini
: Chi veggio La regina: Act II Finale From La Straniera
Pretty Yende, soprano; Piero Pretti, tenor; Mattia Olivieri, baritone; Carlo Lepore, bass; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi; Giacom Sagripanti, conductor
Dreams
Sony Music Entertainment 617
Charles Gounod
: Ah! Je veux vivre, from 'Romeo et Juliette'
Pretty Yende, soprano; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Guiseppe Verdi; Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor
Dreams
Sony Music Entertainment 617
Aldo Lopez-Gavilan
: Emporium for Solo Piano and Orchestra
Aldo Lopez-Gavilan, piano; The Classical Tahoe Orchestra; Joel Revzen, conductor
Classical Tahoe, The Pavilion, Incline Village, NV
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
: Sinfonia in C Major for Strings, W. 182, No. 3
Danbi Um, violin; Daniel Phillips, violin; Yura Lee, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello; David Grossman, double bass; Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord
University of Georgia, Performing Arts Center, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Hour 2
Camilla de Rossi
: Sinfonia, from Il Sacrifizio di Abramo: Movements 1 & 4
JoAnn Falletta, lute; Bay Area Women's Philharmonic; Jo Ann Falletta, conductor
Baroquen Treasures
Newport 60102
Peter Tchaikovsky
: Piano Concerto No. 3
Fabio Bidini, piano; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Peter Tchaikovsky
: Polonaise, from Eugene Onegin
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Johann Strauss Jr.
: Rosen aus dem Suden Waltz, Op. 388
Geoff Nuttall, violin; Livia Sohn, violin; Daniel Phillips, viola; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Geoff Nuttall, conductor
Spoleto Festival USA 2015, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Johannes Brahms
: Hungarian Dance No.1
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Franz Schmidt
: Intermezzo from Notre Dame
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
