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May 6, 2011
Music for Mother's Day
Like many working mothers, Clara Schumann worried about her children when she wasn't there. "Give my little ones, for whom I yearn so much, 1000 kisses," she wrote while away on concert tour. Clara Schumann was one of the top pianists of her day, a much sought-after concert artist. She was also the family breadwinner during her husband Robert's long battle with mental illness. In today's show, a piano concerto by Clara Schumann, in honor of Mother's Day.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Richard Strauss
Potpourri, from Die Schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman)
The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor
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Johann Paul von Westhoff
Imitazione Delle Campane from Violin Sonata No. 3
Daniel Hope, violin, Jakob Koranyi, cello
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
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Bobby McFerrin
The 23rd Psalm (Dedicated to my Mother)
Cantus
Boe Memorial Chapel, Northfield, Minnesota
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Spring for Music Programming Contest Winner
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Richard Strauss
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
The North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Eiji Oue, conductor
Grand Studio, Hanover, Germany
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John Williams
Superman, the Planet Krypton
The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, conductor
hour 2
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Clara Schumann
Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat, Op. 16, No. 2
Angela Cheng, piano
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Pat Metheny
The Bat
Jason Vieaux, guitar
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Carlo Farina
Excerpts from Capriccio Stravagante
Capriccio Stravagante, Skip Sempe, conductor
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Osvaldo Golijov
Night of the Flying Horses
The Silk Road Ensemble
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
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Clara Schumann
Two Romances, Op. 22
Ida Kavafian, violin, Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Music from Angel Fire, Angel Fire, New Mexico
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Clara Schumann
Finale from Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7
Veronica Jochum, piano, the Bamberg Symphony, Joseph Silverstein, conductor
