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May 9, 2008
Musical mothers
We'll celebrate Mothers Day by checking in with Vivian and Alisa Weilerstein, a mother and daughter who make up two-thirds of the Weilerstein Trio, then hearing them play Dvorak. The mother of violinist Danielle Belen Nesmith talks about watching her daughter win the Sphinx Competition by playing William Grant Still's "Mother and Child." And soprano Dawn Upshaw talks about music's place in her family's life before singing Ravel's "Three Poems of Stephane Mallarme" in St. Paul.
Today's Playlist
hour 1
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Felix Mendelssohn
From "Songs Without Words"
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Vivian Weilerstein
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Joseph Haydn
Third movement from Trio in A, Hob. XV:18
The Beaux Arts Trio
Herbst Theater, San Francisco
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Leonard Bernstein
First and third movement from Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp and Percussion
Violinist Philippe Quint with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop
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Antonin Dvorak
"Klid," Op. 68, No. 5 ("Silent Woods")
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Vivian Weilerstein
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Edison Denisov
Suite from the film, "Une etoile sans nom"
The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jaap van Zweden
Vredenburg Music Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands
hour 2
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Franz Schubert
"Schwanengesang" and "Am Meer"
Baritone Wolfgang Holzmair with pianist Imogen Cooper
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William Grant Still
Suite for Violin ("Mother and Child")
Violinist Danielle Belen Nesmith with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra and conductor Tito Munoz
Orchestra Hall, Detroit
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Maurice Ravel
"Three Poems of Stephane Mallarme"
Soprano Dawn Upshaw with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul
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Franz Schubert
Second movement from Piano Sonata in C Minor, D. 958
Pianist Mitsuko Uchida
Royal Festival Hall, London
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Franz Schubert
Fourth movement from Piano Sonata in A, D. 959
Pianist Imogen Cooper
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
