Marin Alsop's job title is often some variation on the word "conductor", but to musicians and music-lovers around the world, she's so much more than that. On today's show, we speak to an innovator, a mentor, and a visionary leader: Marin Alsop - PT's 2021 Classical Woman of the Year.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Andrew York: Andecy
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Journey To The New World
Sony 454562
Joaquin Rodrigo: Aranjuez, ma pensee
Sharon Isbin, guitar; Colin Davin, guitar
92nd Street Y, Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York, NY
Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra; Rafael Payare, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion: Part 1
James Gilchrist, tenor; Matthew Rose, bass; Sophie Bevan, soprano; David Alsopp, countertenor; Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge; Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
KGS 37
Osvaldo Golijov: La Pasion segun San Marcos Movement 34 Kaddish
Biella da Costa, vocalist; Orquesta La Pasion & Members of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela; Schola Cantorum de Venezuela; Maria Guinand, conductor
La Pasion segun San Marcos
DG 4779034
Hour 2
Leonard Bernstein: Candide: Overture
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings
Naxos 8508018
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3: Mvts 3-4
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 / Haydn Variations
Naxos 557430
Anna Clyne: Dance: Movement 4 - In Your Blood
Inbal Segev, cello; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
Clyne: Dance - Elgar: Cello Concerto
Avie 2419
Leonard Bernstein: Mass (excerpts)
Asher Edward Wulfman, boy soprano; Jubilant Sykes, baritone; Morgan State University Choir; Peabody Children's Chorus; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
Leonard Bernstein - Marin Alsop - The Complete Naxos Recordings
Naxos 8508018
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