Poster Hassan Anderson, Oboist
Oboist Hassan Anderson
Nir Arieli
Performance Today®

A mother's sacrifice

When Hassan Anderson was in high school, he played a loaner oboe from the school. His mother Carolyn realized that he was too talented to be playing on a cheap oboe, and she made a big sacrifice - she sold her car to buy his first professional oboe. On Friday's Performance Today, hear Hassan Anderson and pianist Eliran Avni perform at a concert in Colorado Springs.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14, in C-sharp minor, "Moonlight": Movement 1 Adagio sostenuto
Murray Perahia, piano
Immortal Beloved: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Sony 66301

Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in B-flat Major, op. 11
Pedja Muzijevic, piano; Todd Palmer, clarinet; Joshua Roman, cello
The Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC

Thomas Dorsey: Take my Hand, Precious Lord
Eliran Avni, piano; Hassan Anderson, oboe
UCCS Presents/Classical 88.7 KCME/Adventure Culture Fund, Ent Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO

Gabriel Faure: Pelleas and Melisande Suite
IRIS Orchestra; Michael Stern, conductor
IRIS Orchestra, Germantown Performing Arts Center, Germantown, TN

Hour 2

Frederic Chopin: Berceuse in D-flat Major, Op. 57
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Chopin: 4 Scherzi, Berceuse, Barcarolle
DG 431623

Frederic Chopin: Nocturne Op. 37 No. 2 in G Major
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
Southeastern Piano Festival, Univeristy of South Carolina, School of Music, Columbia, SC

Paul Wiancko: LIFT
Aizuri Quartet: Ariana Kim, violin; Miho Saegusa, violin; Ayane Kozasa,viola; Karen Ouzounian, cello
Sundin Hall, Hamline University, Saint Paul, MN

Robert Schumann: Scenes from Childhood (Kinderszenen): Movements 1-5, 12
Lise de la Salle, piano
Lise de la Salle plays Schumann
Naive 5364

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