Conductor JoAnn Falletta was a student at the Juilliard School when the august composer, conductor and pianist Leonard Berstein walked into the classroom, lit cigarette in hand. Smoking inside was not allowed at Juilliard. But in this instance, and in so many other ways, she said Bernstein existed above the rules. Falletta shares her favorite memories of Leonard Bernstein on Monday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114: Movement 3 Scherzo: Presto
Quartuor Ebene
Menahem Pressler: A 90th Birthday Celebration
Erato 2564625964
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163: Movements 3 & 4
Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Keith Robinson, cello; Laurence Lesser, cello
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Scott Joplin: Solace
Benjamin Loeb, piano
International Conducting Workshop and Festival, Tsarsko Selo, Sofia, Bulgaria
Hour 2
Max Reger: Four Tone-Poems after Arnold Bocklin, Op. 128: Movement 4
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Max Reger: Pictures at a Gallery
Beau Fleuve 4562
Claude Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, L. 85
Ebene Quartet
Schwetzingen Festival, Mozart Hall, Schwetzingen, Germany
George Bizet: Selections from Carmen
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 2
RCA Sony 44724
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonata pour le Violon et pour le Clavecin, No. 5 in A Minor
Sonnambula; Elizabeth Weinfield, Artistic Director
Baruch Performing Arts Center - Engelman Recital Hall, New York, NY
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