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Weekend of November 12, 2011

Juggling Barber and Babies

It's a dilemma that every working parent faces, how to do right by your children while honoring your job responsibilities as well. We'll hear how violinist Lisa Batiashvili and her husband, oboist Francois Leleux manage to juggle parenthood with the demands of a music career. And we'll hear Batiashvili on a night when Leleux was home with the kids while she played the Barber Violin Concerto in Paris.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Niccolo Paganini
    Caprice No. 23 in E-flat, Op. 1
    Julia Fischer, violin
  • Pixinguinha
    Um a Zero (One to Zero)
    Marina Piccinini, flute, the Brasil Guitar Duo
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • The Piano Puzzler
    This week's contestant is June Echols from Richmond, Virginia
  • Max Bruch
    Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46
    Julia Fischer, violin, the Orchestra of the Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski, conductor
    Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Niccolo Paganini
    Caprice No. 24 in A Minor, Op. 1
    Julia Fischer, violin
    Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland

hour 2

  • Zoltan Kodaly
    First movement from Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12
    Ani Kavafian and Joseph Silverstein, violins, Paul Neubauer, viola
  • Vincent Segal
    "Ma-Ma" FC
    Ballake Sissoko, kora, Vincent Segal, cello
    Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Osculetur me (Let him Kiss me)
    Stile Antico
    Flanders Festival, Bruges, Belgium
  • Samuel Barber
    Violin Concerto, Op. 14
    Lisa Batiashvili, violin, the French National Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor
    Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, France
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Gigue from Solo Violin Partita No. 3, BWV 1006
    Lisa Batiashvili, violin
    Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, France
  • Gustav Mahler
    Quartet in A Minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello
    Alessio Bax, piano, Ani Kavafian, violin, Paul Neubauer, viola, Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York City
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