Tania Leon is a Cuban-born composer, conductor and a Distinguished Professor of Music at the City University of New York. On Wednesday's Performance Today, Tania Leon tells us about meeting Leonard Bernstein, that "...(it) was like meeting a mythological figure."
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Tania Leon: Del Caribe, Soy!
Nestor Torres, flute; Tania Leon, piano
Del Caribe, Soy!
Naxos 8579016
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 60 in G Major, Op. 76, Mp. 1, Hob.III:75
Jasper String Quartet
Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, Christ Episcopal Church, Cooperstown, NY
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Cynthia Sibitzky from Haslett, TX
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story: Mambo
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Fiesta
DG 11340
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story: Maria
Pablo Villegas, guitar
Americano
harmonia mundi 907649
Hour 2
Gabriel Faure: Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: Movement 4 Allegro quasi presto
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
Paris La Belle Epoque - Faure, Massenet, Etc / Ma, Stott
Sony 87287
Leos Janacek: Jealousy (original prelude to 'Jenufa')
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Thomas Sondergard, conductor
Oslo Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35: Movement 1 Allegro moderato
Janine Jansen, violin; Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Thomas Sondergard, conductor
Oslo Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
Timo Andres: Trade Winds
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble; Donald Crockett, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
Gabriel Faure: Impromptu
Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
The Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
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